30 CFR § 556.300 - What reports may BOEM and other Federal agencies prepare before a lease sale?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s556.300"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 556.300 - What reports may BOEM and other Federal agencies prepare before a lease sale?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "556.300"
section_name: "What reports may BOEM and other Federal agencies prepare before a lease sale?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "556"
part_name: "LEASING OF SULFUR OR OIL AND GAS AND FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 6213; 43 U.S.C. 1334."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 18152, Mar. 30, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "556"
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# 556.300 What reports may BOEM and other Federal agencies prepare before a lease sale?
For an oil and gas lease sale in a Five Year program, and as the need arises for other mineral leasing pursuant to part 581 of this chapter, BOEM will prepare a report describing the general geology and potential mineral resources of the area under consideration. The Director may request other interested Federal agencies to prepare reports describing, to the extent known, any other valuable resources contained within the general area and the potential effect of mineral operations upon the resources or upon the total environment or other uses of the area.