30 CFR Ch. V (7–1–15 Edition)

§ 553.704 30 CFR Ch. V (7–1–15 Edition)

(5) Nothing in this section will pre- 7, B–8, C–5, C–6, C–7, C–8, D–6, D–7, D–8); De vent BOEM, in BOEM’s sole discretion, Long Mts. (D–4, D–5); Demarcation Point (C– from adjusting the offshore facility 1, C–2, D–2, D–3); Flaxman Island (A–1, A–3, A–4, A–5, B–5); Harrison Bay (B–1, B–2, B–3, limit of liability for damages for infla- B–4, C–1, C–3, C–4, C–5, D–4, D–5); Icy Bay (D1, tion by regulation issued more fre- D–2&3); Iliamna (A–2, A–3, A–4, B–2, B–3, C–1, quently than every three years. C–2, D–1); Karluk (A–1, A–2, B–2, B–3, C–1, C– (c) Formula for calculating inflation 2, C–4&5, C–6); Kenai (A–4, A–5, A–7, A–8, B– adjustments. BOEM calculates adjust- 4, B–6, B–7, B–8, C–4, C–5, C–6, C–7, D–1, D–2, ments to the offshore facility limit of D–3, D–4, D–5); Kodiak (A–3, A–4, A–5, A–6, B– liability in 30 CFR 553.702 for inflation 1&2, B–3, B–4, B–6, C–1, C–2, C–3, C–5, C–6, D– using the following formula: 1, D–2, D–3, D–4, D–5, D–6); Kotzebue (A–1, A– 2, A–3, A–4, B–4, B–6, C–1, C–4, C–5, C–6, D–1, New limit of liability = Previous limit of li- D–2); Kwiguk (C–6, D–6); Meade River (D–1, ability + (Previous limit of liability × D–3, D–4, D–5); Middleton Island (B–7, D–1&2); the decimal equivalent of the percent Mt. Katmai (A–1, A–2, A–3; B–1); Mt. change in the Annual CPI–U cal- Michelson (D–1, D–2, D–3); Mt. St. Elias (A– culated under paragraph (a) of this 5); Noatak (A–1, A–2, A–3, A–4, B–4, C–4, C–5, D–6, D–7); Nome (B–1, C–1, C–2, C–3, D–3, D–4, section), then rounded to the closest D–7); Norton Bay (A–4, B–4, B–5, B–6, C–4, C– $100. 5, C–6, D–4, D–5, D–6); Point Hope (A–1, A–2, B–2, B–3, C–2, C–3, D–1, D–2); Point Lay (A– § 553.704 How will BOEM publish the 3&4, B–2&3, C–2, D–1, D–2); Selawik (A–5, A– offshore facility limit of liability ad- 6, B–5, B–6, C–5, C–6, D–6); Seldovia (A–3, A– justment? 4, A–5, A–6, B–1, B–2, B–3, B–4, B–5, B–6, C–1, BOEM will publish the inflation-ad- C–2, C–3, C–4, C–5, D–1, D–3, D–4, D–5, D–8); justed limit of liability, and any statu- Seward (A–1, A–2, A–3, A–4, A–5, A–6, A–7, B– tory amendments to that limit of li- 1, B–2, B–3, B–4, B–5, C–1, C–2, C–3, C–4, C–5, D–1, D–2, D–3, D–4, D–5, D–6, D–7, D–8); ability in the FEDERAL REGISTER, as Shishmaref (A–2, A–3, A–4, B–1, B–2, B–3); amendments to § 553.702. Updates to the Solomon (B–2, B–3, B–6, C–1, C–2, C–3, C–4, C– limit of liability under this section are 5, C–6); St. Michael (A–2, A–3, A–4, A–5, A–6, effective on the 90th day after publica- B–1, B–2, C–1, C–2); Teller (A–2, A–3, A–4, B– tion in the FEDERAL REGISTER of the 3, B–4, B–5, B–6, C–6, C–7, D–4, D–5, D–6, D–8); amendments to § 553.702, unless other- Teshekpuk (D–1, D–2, D–3, D–4, D–5); Tyonek wise specified by statute (in the event (A–1, A–2, A–3, A–4, B–1, B–2); Unalakleet (B– 5, B–6, C–4, C–5, D–4); Valdez (A–7, A–8); Wain- of a statutory amendment to the limit wright (A–5, A–6&7, B–2, B–3, B–4, B–5&6, C– of liability), or in the FEDERAL REG- 2, C–3, D–1, D–2; Yakutat (A–1, A–2, A–2, B–3, ISTER rule amending § 553.702. B–4, B–5, C–4, C–5, C–6, C–7, C–8, D–3, D–4, D– 5, D–6, D–8). APPENDIX TO PART 553—LIST OF U.S. California (1:24,000 scale): Arroyo Grande GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPOGRAPHIC NE; Beverly Hills; Carpinteria; Casmalia; MAPS Dana Point; Del Mar; Dos Pueblos Canyon; Encinitas; Gaviota; Goleta; Guadalupe; Im- Alabama (1:24,000 scale): Bellefontaine; Bon perial Beach; Laguna Beach; La Jolla; Las Secour Bay; Bridgehead; Coden; Daphne; Pulgas Canyon; Lompoc Hills; Long Beach; Fort Morgan; Fort Morgan NW; Grand Bay; Los Alamitos; Malibu Beach; Morro Bay Grand Bay SW; Gulf Shores; Heron Bay; South; National City; Newport Beach; Hollingers Island; Isle Aux Herbes; Kreole; Oceano; Oceanside; Oxnard; Pismo Beach; Lillian; Little Dauphin Island; Little Point Pitas Point; Point Arguello; Point Concep- Clear; Magnolia Springs; Mobile; Orange tion; Point Dune; Point Loma; Point Mugu; Beach; Perdido Beach; Petit Bois Island; Point Sal; Port San Luis; Rancho Santa Fe; Petit Bois Pass; Pine Beach; Point Clear; Redondo Beach; Sacate; San Clemente; San Saint Andrews Bay; West Pensacola. Juan Capistrano; San Luis Rey; San Onofre Alaska (1:63,360 scale): Afognak (A–1, A–2, Bluff; San Pedro; Santa Barbara; Saticoy; A–3, A–4, A–5, A–0&B–0, B–1, B–2, B–3, C–1&2, Seal Beach; Surf; Tajiguas; Topanga; Tor- C–2&3, C–5, C–6, D–1, D–4, D–5); Anchorage rance; Tranquillon Mountain; Triunfo Pass; (A–1, A–2, A–3, A–4, A–8, B–7, B–8); Barrow Tustin; Venice; Ventura; White Ledge Peak. (A–1, A–2, A–3, A–4, A–5, B–3, B–4); Baird Mts. Florida (1:24,000 scale): Allanton; Alligator (A–6); Barter Island (A–3, A–4, A–5); Beechy Bay; Anna Maria; Apalachicola; Aripeka; Point (A–1, A–2, B–1, B–2, B–3, B–4, B–5, C–4, Bayport; Beacon Beach; Beacon Hill; Bee C–5); Bering Glacier (A–1, A–2, A–3, A–4, A–5, Ridge; Belle Meade; Belle Meade NW; Bev- A–6, A–7, A–8); Black (A–1, A–2, B–1, C–1); erly; Big Lostmans Bay; Bird Keys; Bokeelia; Blying Sound (C–7, C–8, D–1&2, D–3, D–4, D–5, Bonita Springs; Bradenton; Bradenton D–6, D–7, D–8); Candle (D–6); Cordova (A–1, A– Beach; Bruce; Bunker; Cape Romano; Cape 2, A–3, A–4, A–7&8, B–2, B–3, B–4, B–5, B–6, B– Saint George; Cape San Blas; Captiva;

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Carrabelle; Cedar Key; Chassahowitzka; Dog Lake; Door Point; East Bay Junop; Chassahowitzka Bay; Chiefland SW; Choctaw Eastern Isles; Dernieres; Ellerslie; Empire; Beach; Chokoloskee; Clearwater; Clive Key; English Lookout; False Mouth Bayou; Cobb Rocks; Cockroach Bay; Crawfordville Fearman Lake; Floating Turf Bayou; East; Crooked Island; Crooked Point; Cross Fourleague Bay; Franklin; Freemason Is- City SW; Crystal River; Destin; Dog Island; land; Garden Island Pass; Grand Bayou; Dunedin; East Pass; Egmont Key; El Jobean; Grand Bayou du Large; Grand Chenier; Elfers; Englewood; Englewood NW; Estero; Grand Gosier Islands; Grand Isle; Hackberry Everglades City; Fivay Junction; Flamingo; Beach; Hammock Lake; Happy Jack; Hebert Fort Barrancas; Fort Myers Beach; Fort Lake; Hell Hole Bayou; Hog Bayou; Holly Myers SW; Fort Walton Beach; Freeport; Beach; Intercoastal City; Isle Au Pitre; Gandy Bridge; Garcon Point; Gator Hook Jacko Bay; Johnson Bayou; Kemper; Lake Swamp; Gibsonton; Goose Island; Grayton Athanasio; Lake Cuatro Caballo; Lake Eloi; Beach; Green Point; Gulf Breeze; Harney Lake Eugene; Lake Felicity; Lake La River; Harold SE; Holley; Holt SW; Graisse; Lake Merchant; Lake Point; Lake Homosassa; Horseshoe Beach; Indian Pass; Salve; Lake Tambour; Leeville; Lena La- Jackson River; Jena; Keaton Beach; Laguna goon; Lost Lake; Main Pass; Malheureux Beach; Lake Ingraham East; Lake Ingraham Point; Marone Point; Martello Castle; Mink West; Lake Wimico; Laurel; Lebanon Sta- Bayou; Mitchell Key; Morgan City SW; Mor- tion; Lighthouse Point; Lillian; Long Point; gan Harbor; Mound Point; Mulberry Island Lostmans River Ranger Station; Manlin East; Mulberry Island West; New Harbor Is- Hammock; Marco Island; Mary Esther; lands; North Islands; Oak Mound Bayou; Oys- Matlacha; McIntyre; Milton South; Miramar ter Bayou; Pass A Loutre East; Pass A Beach; Myakka River; Naples North; Naples Loutre West; Pass du Bois; Pass Tante South; Navarre; New Inlet; Niceville; Nutall Phine; Pecan Island; Pelican Pass; Peveto Rise; Ochopee; Okefenokee Slough; Oldsmar; Beach; Pilottown; Plumb Bayou; Point Au Orange Beach; Oriole Beach; Overstreet; Fer; Point Au Fer NE; Point Chevreuil; Ozello; Pace; Palmetto; Panama City; Pan- Point Chicot; Port Arthur South; Port Sul- ama City Beach; Panther Key; Pass-A-Grille phur; Pte. Aux Marchuttes; Proctor Point; Beach; Pavillion Key; Pensacola; Perdido Pumpkin Islands; Redfish Point; Rollover Bay; Pickett Bay; Pine Island Center; Lake; Sabine Pass; Saint Joe Pass; Smith Placida; Plover Key; Point Washington; Port Bayou; South of South Pass; South Pass; Boca Grande; Port Richey; Port Richey NE; Stake Islands; Taylor Pass; Texas Point; Port Saint Joe; Port Tampa; Punta Gorda; Three Mile Bay; Tigre Lagoon; Timbalier Is- Punta Gorda SE; Punta Gorda SW; Red Head; land; Triumph; Venice; Weeks; West of John- Red Level; Rock Islands; Royal Palm Ham- son Bayou; Western Isles Dernieres; mock; Safety Harbor; Saint Joseph Point; Wilkinson Bay; Yscloskey. Saint Joseph Spit; Saint Marks; Saint Marks Mississippi (1:24,000 scale): Bay Saint Louis; NE; Saint Petersburg; Saint Teresa Beach; Biloxi; Cat Island; Chandeleur Light; Deer Is- Salem SW; Sandy Key; Sanibel; Sarasota; land; Dog Keys Pass; English Lookout; Seahorse Key; Seminole; Seminole Hills; Gautier North; Gautier South; Grand Bay Shark Point; Shark River Island; Shired Is- SW; Gulfport North; Gulfport NW; Gulfport land; Snipe Island; Sopchoppy; South of South; Horn Island East; Horn Island West; Holley; Southport; Sprague Island; Spring Isle Au Pitre; Kreole; Ocean Springs; Creek; Springfield; Steinhatchee; Pascagoula North; Pascagoula South; Pass Steinhatchee SE; Steinhatchee SW; Sugar Christian; Petit Bois Island; Saint Joe Pass; Hill; Sumner; Suwannee; Tampa; Tarpon Ship Island; Waveland. Springs; Valparaiso; Venice; Vista; Texas (1:24,000 scale): Allyns Bright; Ana- Waccassasa Bay; Ward Basin; Warrior huac; Aransas Pass; Austwell; Bacliff; Swamp; Weavers Station; Weeki Wachee Bayside; Big Hill Bayou; Brown Cedar Cut; Spring; West Bay; West Pass; West Pensa- Caplen; Carancahua Pass; Cedar Lakes East; cola; Whitewater Bay West; Withlacoochee Cedar Lakes West; Cedar Lane NE; Christ- Bay; Wulfert; Yankeetown. mas Point; Clam Lake; Corpus Christi; Cove; Louisiana (1:24,000 scale): Alligator Point; Crane Islands NW; Crane Islands SW; Decros Barataria Pass; Bastian Bay; Bay Batiste; Point; Dressing Point; Estes; Flake; Free- Bay Coquette; Bay Courant; Bay Dosgris; port; Frozen Point; Galveston; Green Island; Bay Ronquille; Bay Tambour; Bayou Blanc; Hawk Island; High Island; Hitchcock; Hos- Bayou Lucien; Belle Isle; Belle Pass; Big kins Mound; Jones Creek; Keller Bay; Constance Lake; Black Bay North; Black Kleberg Point; La Comal; La Leona; La Bay South; Breton Islands; Breton Islands Parra Ranch NE; Laguna Vista; Lake Austin; SE; Buras; Burrwood Bayou East; Burwood Lake Como; Lake Stephenson; Lamar; Long Bayou West; Calumet Island; Cameron; Island; Los Amigos; Windmill; Maria Estella Caminada Pass; Cat Island; Cat Island Pass; Well; Matagorda; Matagorda SW; Mesquite Central Isles Dernieres; Chandeleur Light; Bay; Mission Bay; Morgans Point; Mosquito Chef Mentur; Cheniere Au Tigre; Cocodrie; Point; Mouth of Rio Grande; Mud Lake; Coquille Point; Cow Island; Creole; North of Port Isabel NW; North of Port Isa- Cypremort Point; Deep Lake; Dixon Bay; bel SW; Oak Island; Olivia; Oso Creek NE;

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Oyster Creek; Palacios; Palacios NE; Subpart E—Area Identification and Tract Palacios Point; Palacios SE; Panther Point; Size Panther Point NE; Pass Cavallo SW; Pita Is- land; Point Comfort; Point of Rocks; Port 556.26 General. Aransas; Port Arthur South; Port Bolivar; 556.28 Tract size. Port Ingleside; Port Isabel; Port Isabel NW; Port Lavaca East; Port Mansfield; Port Subpart F—Lease Sales O’Connor; Portland; Potrero Cortado; Potrero Lopeno NW; Potrero Lopeno SE; 556.29 Proposed notice of sale. Potrero Lopeno SW; Rockport; Sabine Pass; 556.31 State comments. San Luis Pass; Sargent; Sea Isle; Seadrift; 556.32 Notice of sale. Seadrift NE; Smith Point; South Bird Island; South Bird Island NW; South Bird Island SE; Subpart G—Issuance of Leases South of Palacios Point; South of Potrero 556.35 Qualifications of lessees. Lopeno NE; South of Potrero Lopeno NW; 556.37 Lease term. South of Potrero Lopeno SE; South of Star 556.38 Joint bidding provisions. Lake; St. Charles Bay; St. Charles Bay SE; 556.40 Definitions. St. Charles Bay SW; Star Lake; Texas City; 556.41 Joint bidding requirements. Texas Point; The Jetties; Three Islands; Tiv- 556.43 Chargeability for production. oli SE; Turtle Bay; Umbrella Point; Virginia 556.44 Bids disqualified. Point; West of Johnson Bayou; Whites 556.46 Submission of bids. Ranch; Yarborough Pass. 556.47 Award of leases. 556.49 Lease form. PART 556—LEASING OF SULPHUR 556.50 Dating of leases. OR OIL AND GAS IN THE OUTER Subpart H—Rentals and Royalties CONTINENTAL SHELF [Reserved] Subpart A—Outer Continental Shelf Oil, Subpart I—Bonding Gas, and Sulphur Management, General 556.52 Bond requirements for an oil and gas Sec. or sulphur lease. 556.0 Authority for information collection. 556.53 Additional bonds. 556.1 Purpose. 556.54 General requirements for bonds. 556.55 Lapse of bond. 556.2 Policy. 556.56 Lease-specific abandonment ac- 556.4 Authority. counts. 556.5 Definitions. 556.57 Using a third-party guarantee instead 556.7 Cross references. of a bond. 556.8 Leasing maps and diagrams. 556.58 Termination of the period of liability 556.10 Information to States. and cancellation of a bond. 556.11 Helium. 556.59 Forfeiture of bonds and/or other secu- 556.12 Supplemental sales. rities.

Subpart B—Oil and Gas Leasing Program Subpart J—Assignments, Transfers, and Extensions 556.16 Receipt and consideration of nominations; public notice and participation. 556.62 Assignment of lease or interest in 556.17 Review by State and local govern- lease. ments and other persons. 556.63 Service fees. 556.19 Periodic consultation with interested 556.64 How to file transfers. parties. 556.65 Attorney General review. 556.67 Separate filings for assignments. 556.20 Consideration of coastal zone man- 556.68 Effect of assignment of a particular agement program. tract. 556.70 Extension of lease by drilling or well Subpart C—Reports From Federal reworking operations. Agencies 556.71 Directional drilling. 556.72 Compensatory payments as produc- 556.22 General. tion.

Subpart D—Call for Information and Subpart K—Termination of Leases Nominations 556.76 Relinquishment of leases or parts of 556.23 Information on areas. leases. 556.25 Areas near coastal States. 556.77 Cancellation of leases.

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