The United States BUDGET Department of the Interior JUSTIFICATIONS and Performance Information Fiscal Year 2020 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT NOTICE: These budget justifications are prepared for the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittees. Approval for release of the justifications prior to their printing in the public record of the Subcommittee hearings may be obtained through the Office of Budget of the Department of the Interior. Printed on Recycled Paper BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT FY 2020 PERFORMANCE BUDGET Table of Contents Preface............................................................................................................................................ 1 General Statement ........................................................................................................................ 3 Bureau Budget and Organizational Structure ..................................................................... 3 FY 2020 Budget Request .................................................................................................... 4 FY 2020 Budget Highlights .................................................................................... 5 Administration Priorities..................................................................................................... 7 Strategic Objective Performance Information .................................................................. 13 Bureau Budget Tables ................................................................................................................ 17 Budget at a Glance............................................................................................................ 17 Summary of Requirements ............................................................................................... 18 Fixed Costs and Internal Realignments ............................................................................ 19 Conventional Energy .................................................................................................................. 21 Summary of Program Changes ......................................................................................... 23 Program Overview............................................................................................................ 23 Leasing.................................................................................................................. 24 Plans...................................................................................................................... 33 Risk Management Program................................................................................... 42 Resource Evaluation ............................................................................................. 43 Economic Evaluation............................................................................................ 51 MarineCadastre.gov.............................................................................................. 52 Outlook for Conventional Energy..................................................................................... 53 Renewable Energy ...................................................................................................................... 55 Summary of Program Changes ......................................................................................... 56 Program Overview............................................................................................................ 57 Renewable Energy Authorization Process............................................................ 59 Planning and Analysis........................................................................................... 61 Lease and Grant Issuance...................................................................................... 65 Site Assessment .................................................................................................... 67 Construction and Operations Plans....................................................................... 68 Intergovernmental Coordination and Collaboration ............................................. 68 Research, Data Collection, and Stakeholder Engagement.................................... 69 Outlook for Renewable Energy ........................................................................................ 73 Environmental Programs........................................................................................................... 75 Summary of Program Changes ......................................................................................... 76 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management i Program Overview............................................................................................................ 77 Environmental Assessments ................................................................................. 79 Environmental Studies Program ........................................................................... 85 Outlook for Environmental Programs............................................................................... 94 Marine Minerals.......................................................................................................................... 95 Proposed Budget Activity................................................................................................. 96 Summary of Program Changes ......................................................................................... 97 Program Overview............................................................................................................ 97 Growing Demand for Marine Minerals ................................................................ 98 Critical Minerals ................................................................................................. 103 Outlook for Marine Minerals.......................................................................................... 104 Executive Direction................................................................................................................... 105 Summary of Program Changes ....................................................................................... 106 Program Overview.......................................................................................................... 106 Appendices................................................................................................................................. 109 Appendix A – FY 2020 Appropriations Language......................................................... 109 Appendix B – Disclosure of Administrative Expenses................................................... 117 Appendix C – Employee Count by Grade ...................................................................... 119 Appendix D – List of Acronyms..................................................................................... 121 Table of Figures Figure 1: BOEM Organizational Chart............................................................................... 4 Figure 2: DOI Bureaus- Historical Region Boundaries.................................................... 11 Figure 3: DOI 12 Unified Regions.................................................................................... 11 Figure 4: Typical Planning for a Specific Oil and Gas Lease Sale................................... 27 Figure 5: Gulf of Mexico Blocks and Active Leases by Planning Area........................... 30 Figure 6: Cook Inlet Sea Active Leases............................................................................ 31 Figure 7: Beaufort Sea Active Leases............................................................................... 31 Figure 8: Camarillo Office Active Leases ........................................................................ 32 Figure 9: Processes for Oil and Gas Exploration Activities ............................................. 35 Figure 10: Processes for Oil and Gas Development Activities......................................... 35 Figure 11: Worst Case Discharge Analyses Completed in the New Orleans Office........ 40 Figure 12: Wind Speed Map for the U.S. Technical Resource Area................................ 59 Figure 13: Phases of BOEM’s Offshore Wind Energy Authorization Process ................ 60 Figure 14: Renewable Energy Leases, Wind Energy Areas, Call Areas along Atlantic .. 63 Figure 15: Proposed Renewable Energy Leases and Call Areas Along the Pacific ......... 64 Figure 16: Environmental Studies Program Funds by Discipline .................................... 86 Figure 17: Number of Agreements and Amendments Executed Since 1992.................. 100 ii Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Table of Tables Table 1: Summary of BOEM Budget Request ................................................................... 5 Table 2: List of Budgetary Changes ................................................................................... 6 Table 3: Performance: Generating Revenue and Utilizing Our Natural Resources ......... 14 Table 4: Performance: Manage Non-Energy Mineral Development................................ 15 Table 5: Budget at a Glance.............................................................................................. 17 Table 6: Summary of Requirements ................................................................................. 18 Table 7: Fixed Costs and Internal Realignments .............................................................