30 CFR § 556.301 - What is a Call for Information and Nominations?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s556.301"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 556.301 - What is a Call for Information and Nominations?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "556.301"
section_name: "What is a Call for Information and Nominations?"
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"
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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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# 556.301 What is a Call for Information and Nominations?

BOEM issues a Call for Information and Nominations (“Call”) on an area proposed for leasing in the Five Year program through publication in the *Federal Register* and other publications. A Call may include more than one proposed sale. Comments are requested from industry and the public on:

(a) Industry interest in the area proposed for leasing, including nominations or indications of interest in specific blocks within the area;

(b) Geological conditions, including bottom hazards;

(c) Archaeological sites on the seabed or near shore;

(d) Potential multiple uses of the proposed leasing area, including navigation, recreation, and fisheries;

(e) Areas that should receive special concern and analysis; and

(f) Other socioeconomic, biological, and environmental information.