C.F.R. » Title 30 » CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › SUBCHAPTER B—OFFSHORE › PART 585—RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF › Subpart G—Plans and Information Requirements

30 C.F.R. § 585.620

What is a Construction and Operations Plan (COP)?

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The COP describes your construction, operations, and conceptual decommissioning plans under your commercial lease, including your project easement. BOEM will withhold trade secrets and commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential from public disclosure under exemption 4 of the FOIA and in accordance with the terms of § 585.114.

(a) Your COP must describe all planned facilities that you will construct and use for your project, including onshore and support facilities and all anticipated project easements.

(b) Your COP must describe all proposed activities including your proposed construction activities, commercial operations, and conceptual decommissioning plans for all planned facilities, including onshore and support facilities.

(c) You must receive BOEM approval of your COP before you can begin any of the approved activities on your lease.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Pub. Employees for Env't Responsibility v. Hopper, 827 F.3d 1077 (D.C. Cir. 2016).
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Pub. Employees for Env't Responsibility v. Hopper, 827 F.3d 1077 (D.C. Cir. 2016). “” 30 C.F.R. § 585.620 . The Bureau concedes that it would ordinarily require Cape Wind to “submit the results of’ geological surveys with its construction plan, but that the Bureau granted a regulatory departure to provide Cape Wind with more time to secure financing.”
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