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Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations; Extension of Public Comment Period
The Ocean Energy Management Bureau published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on May 8, 2026. Comments closed on March 9, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is extending the public comment period on our notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled "Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations" by seven days. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted and will be fully considered.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-09208
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of public comment period
- Agency
- Interior Department; Ocean Energy Management Bureau
- Published
- May 8, 2026
- Comments due
- March 9, 2026
- Dates
- The comment period for the proposed rule "Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations," which was published on March 9, 2026, at 91 FR 11212, is extended by 7 days. Online comments submitted at https://www.regulations.gov must be uploaded by 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 15, 2026. Hardcopy comments submitted by a parcel delivery service must be received by BOEM or postmarked on or before May 15, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. BOEM-2025-0042
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1010-AE26
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 550; 30 CFR 556; 30 CFR 590
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 2
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