Rule
14 Apr 2025
regulatory compliance, environmental protection, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, mineral resources, air pollution control, penalties, investigations, environmental impact statements, oil and gas, oil pollution, oil and gas exploration, pipelines, rights-of-way, sulfur, continental shelf, outer continental shelf, bureau of ocean energy management, public lands-rights-of-way, marine archaeology
🐚Removal of Marine Archaeology Protection Rule
Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress passed, and the President signed, a joint resolution disapproving the final "Protection of Marine Archaeology Resources" rule published by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on September 3, 2024. That rule required lessees and operators to submit an archaeological report with any oil and gas exploration or development plan they submit to BOEM for approval of proposed activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Under the joint resolution and by operation of the Congressional Review Act, the "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources" rule has no force or effect.
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