[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 10, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8878-8879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02799]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

30 CFR Part 250

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

30 CFR Part 550

[Docket ID: BSEE-2019-0008, EEEE500000, 21XE1700DX, EX1SF0000.EAQ000]
RIN 1082-AA01


Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental 
Shelf--Revisions to the Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the 
Arctic Outer Continental Shelf; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY:  Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE); Bureau 
of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), acting 
through BSEE and BOEM, is reopening the comment period for Proposed 
Rule: Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental 
Shelf--Revisions

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to the Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer 
Continental Shelf, which was published in the Federal Register on 
December 9, 2020.

DATES: BSEE and BOEM are reopening the comment period for the proposed 
rule published December 9, 2020 at 85 FR 79266 until April 9, 2021. You 
may also submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
on the information collection burden in this proposed rule by April 9, 
2021. The deadline for comments on the information collection burden 
does not affect the deadline for the public to comment to BSEE and BOEM 
on the proposed regulations.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on BSEE's or BOEM's sections of the 
rulemaking by any of the following methods. For comments on this 
proposed rule and associated documents, please use the Regulation 
Identifier Number (RIN) 1082-AA01 as an identifier in your message.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In 
the entry entitled, ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BSEE-2019-0008, then 
click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and 
view supporting and related materials available for this rulemaking. 
BSEE and BOEM may post all submitted comments.
     Mail or hand-carry comments to the DOI, BSEE and BOEM: 
Attention: Regulations and Standards Branch, 45600 Woodland Road, VAE-
ORP, Sterling, VA 20166. Please reference RIN 1082-AA01, ``Oil and Gas 
and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf--Revisions to the 
Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental 
Shelf,'' in your comments, and include your name and return address.
     Send comments on the information collection in this rule 
to: Interior Desk Officer 1082-AA01, Office of Management and Budget; 
202-395-5806 (fax); or via the online portal at RegInfo.gov. Please 
also send a copy to BSEE and BOEM by one of the means previously 
described.
     Public Availability of Comments: Before including your 
address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made 
publicly available at any time. For BSEE and BOEM to withhold from 
disclosure your personal identifying information, you must identify any 
information contained in your comment submittal that, if released, 
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of your personal 
privacy. You must also briefly describe any possible harmful 
consequence(s) of the disclosure of this information, such as 
embarrassment, injury, or other harm. While you may request in your 
comment that we withhold your personal identifying information from 
public access, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions related to 
regulatory changes BSEE is proposing in Part 250, contact Mark E. 
Fesmire, BSEE, Alaska Regional Office, [email protected], (907) 
334-5300. For technical questions related to regulatory changes BOEM is 
proposing in Part 550, contact Joel Immaraj, BOEM, Alaska Regional 
Office, [email protected], (907) 334-5238. For procedural questions 
contact Bryce Barlan, BSEE, Regulations and Standards Branch, 
[email protected], (703) 787-1126.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 9, 2020, the Department 
published the Proposed Rule: Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the 
Outer Continental Shelf--Revisions to the Requirements for Exploratory 
Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf and opened a 60-day 
public comment period, which closed February 8, 2021. After publication 
of the proposed rule, BSEE and BOEM received requests to extend the 
comment period on the proposed rule for 60 days. BSEE and BOEM are 
reopening the comment period for an additional 60 days to provide 
additional time for review of and comment on the Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking. Accordingly, comments must be submitted by the extended due 
date of April 9, 2021. BSEE and BOEM may not fully consider comments 
received after this date.

Laura Daniel Davis,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Exercising the Delegated Authority of 
the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, U.S. Department 
of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2021-02799 Filed 2-8-21; 4:15 pm]
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