30 CFR § 256.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s256.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 256.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "256.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "256"
part_name: "LEASING OF SULPHUR OR OIL AND GAS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 9701, 42 U.S.C. 6213, 43 U.S.C. 1334, Pub. L. 109-432."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "256"
---


# 256.1 Purpose.

The purpose of the regulations in 30 CFR part 256 is to establish the procedures under which the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) will exercise the authority to administer a leasing program for oil, gas and sulphur. The procedures under which the Secretary will exercise the authority to administer a program to grant rights-of-way, are addressed in part 250, subpart J.