30 CFR § 285.401 - When may BSEE issue a cessation order?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s285.401"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 285.401 - When may BSEE issue a cessation order?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "285.401"
section_name: "When may BSEE issue a cessation order?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "285"
part_name: "RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ALTERNATE USES OF EXISTING FACILITIES ON 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: "43 U.S.C. 1331"
regulatory_source: "88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "285"
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# 285.401 When may BSEE issue a cessation order?
(a) BSEE may issue a cessation order during the term of your lease or grant when you fail to comply with an applicable law; regulation; order; or provision of a lease, grant, plan, or BSEE or BOEM approval. Except as provided in § 285.400(e), BSEE will allow you a period of time to correct any noncompliance before issuing an order to cease activities.
(b) A cessation order will set forth what measures you are required to take, including reports you are required to prepare and submit to BSEE, to receive approval to resume activities on your lease or grant.