30 CFR § 585.600 - What plans must I submit to BOEM before I conduct activities on my lease or grant?

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title: "30 CFR § 585.600 - What plans must I submit to BOEM before I conduct activities on my lease or grant?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "585.600"
section_name: "What plans must I submit to BOEM before I conduct activities on my lease or grant?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
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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# 585.600 What plans must I submit to BOEM before I conduct activities on my lease or grant?

(a) You must submit a SAP, COP, or GAP and receive BOEM approval before you conduct activities on your lease or grant as set forth in the following table:

| Before you: | You must submit and obtain approval for your: |
| --- | --- |
| (1) Conduct site assessment activities on your commercial lease, such as meteorological towers or other facilities that are installed on the seabed using a fixed-bottom foundation requiring professional engineering design and assessment of sediment, meteorological, and oceanographic conditions as part of the design | SAP under §§ 585.605 through 585.613. |
| (2) Conduct any activities pertaining to construction of facilities for commercial operations on your commercial lease | COP under §§ 585.620 through 585.628. |
| (3) Conduct any activities on your limited lease or grant in any OCS area | GAP under §§ 585.640 through 585.648. |

(b) BOEM may waive certain types of information or analyses that you otherwise must provide in your proposed plan when you demonstrate that:

(1) Sufficient applicable information or analysis is readily available to BOEM;

(2) The coastal or marine resources that are the subject of the information requirement are not present or affected;

(3) Other factors affect your ability to obtain or BOEM's need for the required information; or

(4) Information is neither necessary nor required for a State to determine consistency with its coastal management program.