30 CFR § 556.309 - Does BOEM offer blocks in a sale that is not on the Five Year program schedule (called a Supplemental Sale)?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s556.309"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 556.309 - Does BOEM offer blocks in a sale that is not on the Five Year program schedule (called a Supplemental Sale)?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "556.309"
section_name: "Does BOEM offer blocks in a sale that is not on the Five Year program schedule (called a Supplemental 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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# 556.309 Does BOEM offer blocks in a sale that is not on the Five Year program schedule (called a Supplemental Sale)?
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, BOEM may offer a block within a planning area included in the Five Year program in an otherwise unscheduled sale, if the block:
(1) Received a bid that was rejected in an earlier sale;
(2) Had a high bid that was forfeited in a scheduled sale; or
(3) Is a development block subject to drainage.
(b) For an unscheduled sale, BOEM may disclose the classification of the block as a development block.
(c) Blocks in the Central or Western Gulf of America Planning Areas cannot be offered in a sale that is not on the schedule.
[81 FR 18152, Mar. 30, 2016, as amended at 90 FR 24071, June 6, 2025]