The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) authorized the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to regulate oil, gas, and sulphur exploration, development, and production operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Under the Secretary's authority, the Director requires that all operations:
(a) Be conducted according to the OCS Lands Act (OCSLA), the regulations in this part, BSEE orders, the lease or right-of-way, and other applicable laws, regulations, and amendments; and
(b) Conform to sound conservation practice to preserve, protect, and develop mineral resources of the OCS to:
(1) Make resources available to meet the Nation's energy needs;
(2) Balance orderly energy resource development with protection of the human, marine, and coastal environments;
(3) Ensure the public receives a fair and equitable return on the resources of the OCS;
(4) Preserve and maintain free enterprise competition; and
(5) Minimize or eliminate conflicts between the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas and the recovery of other resources.
Notes of Decisions
Noble Energy, Inc. v. Salazar, 770 F. Supp. 2d 322 (D.D.C. 2011).
“30 C.F.R. § 250.101 . 3 . An OCS lease runs initially for a primary term of not more than ten years, as specified in the lease instrument.”
Abbott v. BP Expl. & Prod. Inc., 781 F. Supp. 2d 453 (S.D. Tex. 2011).
“See 30 C.F.R. § 250.101 . 5 . The United States agrees that false statements made in MMS permit applications can implicate the FCA.”
Warner v. Talos E R T L L C (W.D. La. 2022).
· cites it 2× “30 C.F.R. § 250.101 . Here BSEE investigated the accident leading to Walter Jackson’s death pursuant to 30 C.”
Warner v. Talos E R T L L C (W.D. La. 2022).
“30 C.F.R. § 250.101 . Experts Gee, Anderson, and Ziegler have all issued reports describing Talos’s alleged failure to exercise due care in this matter, based on industry standards including those established by the BSEE.”
Warner v. Talos E R T L L C (W.D. La. 2022).
“30 C.F.R. § 250.101 . Here BSEE investigated the accident leading to Walter Jackson’s death pursuant to 30 C.”
Sierra Club, Ctr. for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Turtle Island Restoration Network, & Nat. Resources Def. Council v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv., et al. (D. Maryland 2025).
“” ECF 32, ¶ 37; see 30 C.F.R. § 250.101 . The Gulf is home to many marine species classified as “endangered” or “threatened” under the ESA, including the Rice’s whale, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, smalltooth sawfish, oceanic whitetip shark, boulder star coral,…”
Noble Energy, Inc. v. Salazar (D.D.C. 2011).
“30 C.F.R. § 250.101 . 3 An OCS lease runs initially for a primary term of not more than ten years, as specified in the lease instrument.”
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