30 CFR § 550.1402 - Definitions.

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title: "30 CFR § 550.1402 - Definitions."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "550.1402"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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part_number: "550"
part_name: "OIL AND GAS AND SULFUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
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# 550.1402 Definitions.

Terms used in this subpart have the following meaning:

*Case file* means a BOEM document file containing information and the record of evidence related to the alleged violation.

*Civil penalty* means a fine. It is a BOEM regulatory enforcement tool used in addition to Notices of Incidents of Noncompliance and directed suspensions of production or other operations.

*Reviewing Officer* means a BOEM employee assigned to review case files and assess civil penalties.

*Violation* means failure to comply with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) or any other applicable laws, with any regulations issued under the OCSLA, or with the terms or provisions of leases, licenses, permits, rights-of-way, or other approvals issued under the OCSLA.

*Violator* means a person responsible for a violation.