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FEDERAL · 30 CFR

Part 580 — Prospecting for Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur on the Outer Continental Shelf

36 sections · Title 30: Mineral Resources

§ 580.1What definitions apply to this part?
§ 580.2What is the purpose of this part?
§ 580.3What requirements must I follow when I conduct prospecting or research activities?
§ 580.4What activities are not covered by this part?
§ 580.10What must I do before I may conduct prospecting activities?
§ 580.11What must I do before I may conduct scientific research?
§ 580.12What must I include in my application or notification?
§ 580.13Where must I send my application or notification?
§ 580.20What must I not do in conducting Geological and Geophysical (G&G) prospecting or scientific research?
§ 580.21What must I do in conducting G&G prospecting or scientific research?
§ 580.22What must I do when seeking approval for modifications?
§ 580.23How must I cooperate with inspection activities?
§ 580.24What reports must I file?
§ 580.25When may BOEM require me to stop activities under this part?
§ 580.26When may I resume activities?
§ 580.27When may BOEM cancel my permit?
§ 580.28May I relinquish my permit?
§ 580.29Will BOEM monitor the environmental effects of my activity?
§ 580.30What activities will not require environmental analysis?
§ 580.31Whom will BOEM notify about environmental issues?
§ 580.32What penalties may I be subject to?
§ 580.33How can I appeal a penalty?
§ 580.34How can I appeal an order or decision?
§ 580.40When do I notify BOEM that geological data and information are available for submission, inspection, and selection?
§ 580.41What types of geological data and information must I submit to BOEM?
§ 580.42When geological data and information are obtained by a third party, what must we both do?
§ 580.50When do I notify BOEM that geophysical data and information are available for submission, inspection, and selection?
§ 580.51What types of geophysical data and information must I submit to BOEM?
§ 580.52When geophysical data and information are obtained by a third party, what must we both do?
§ 580.60Which of my costs will be reimbursed?
§ 580.61Which of my costs will not be reimbursed?
§ 580.70What data and information will be protected from public disclosure?
§ 580.71What is the timetable for release of data and information?
§ 580.72What procedure will BOEM follow to disclose acquired data and information to a contractor for reproduction, processing, and interpretation?
§ 580.73Will BOEM share data and information with coastal States?
§ 580.80Paperwork Reduction Act statement—information collection.