30 CFR § 585.436 - Can BOEM require lease or grant contraction?

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title: "30 CFR § 585.436 - Can BOEM require lease or grant contraction?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "585.436"
section_name: "Can BOEM require lease or grant contraction?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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part_number: "585"
part_name: "RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 1337."
regulatory_source: "88 FR 6430, Jan. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
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# 585.436 Can BOEM require lease or grant contraction?

At an interval no more frequent than every 5 years, BOEM may review your lease or grant area to determine whether the lease or grant area is larger than needed to develop the project and manage activities in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of this part. BOEM will notify you of our proposal to contract the lease or grant area.

(a) BOEM will give you the opportunity to present orally or in writing information demonstrating that you need the area in question to manage lease or grant activities consistent with this part.

(b) Prior to taking action to contract the lease or grant area, BOEM will issue a decision addressing your contentions that the area is needed.

(c) You may appeal this decision under § 585.118.