Rule 13 Aug 2025 compliance, regulations, environmental protection, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, mineral resources, penalties, investigations, environmental impact statements, oil and gas, oil and gas exploration, pipelines, continental shelf, environmental enforcement, bsee, offshore drilling

🌊Offshore Downhole Commingling Regulatory Updates Overview

The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is revising the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) downhole commingling regulations consistent with the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB). These administrative revisions update the regulations to ensure consistency with the OBBB when BSEE reviews a request for downhole commingling.

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Notice 8 Aug 2025 compliance, regulation, safety standards, environmental enforcement, oil and gas

🛢️Agency Collection Notice for Oil and Gas Well-Completion Operations

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew an information collection.

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Rule 23 Jul 2025 environmental protection, regulation, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, mineral resources, safety compliance, penalties, investigations, environmental impact statements, oil and gas, public lands-mineral resources, oil and gas exploration, pipelines, sulfur, continental shelf, public lands-rights-of-way, environmental enforcement, bonding requirements

⚖️Updated Bonding Requirements for Civil Penalty Appeals

On November 14, 2024, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) published final rules that amended appeal rights. Some of the language from the appeal rights section was inadvertently erased. This document corrects the final regulations.

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Notice 30 Jun 2025 environmental enforcement, transfer of ownership, gulf of america, pipeline, regulatory compliance

🛢️Notice of Proposed Transfer of Pipelines by BSEE

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is considering whether to authorize the transfer of ownership of certain pipelines in the Gulf of America (GOA).

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Notice 3 Jun 2025 regulatory compliance, information collection, coal mining, environmental enforcement, agency communication

📋Regulatory Authority Notice for Inspection and Enforcement Comments

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are proposing to renew an information collection.

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