Interior Department Docket BSEE-2023-0014 Final Rule

2025-13812: Bonding Requirements When Filing an Appeal of a Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Civil Penalty; Corrections

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Summary

On November 14, 2024, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) published final rules that amended appeal rights. Some of the language from the appeal rights section was inadvertently erased. This document corrects the final regulations.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

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Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 139 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 34596] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-13812] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 30 CFR Part 250 [Docket ID: BSEE-2023-0014 EEEE500000 256E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000] RIN 1014-AA57 Bonding Requirements When Filing an Appeal of a Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Civil Penalty; Corrections

Agency

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior.

Action

Correcting amendments. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

On November 14, 2024, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) published final rules that amended appeal rights. Some of the language from the appeal rights section was inadvertently erased. This document corrects the final regulations.

Dates

Effective on July 23, 2025.

For Further Information Contact

Kirk Malstrom at (703) 787-1751 or by email at [email protected].

Supplementary Information

On November 14, 2024, BSEE published final rules in the Federal Register (89 FR 89922) that modified paragraph (b) of Sec. 250.1409. Paragraphs (b)(1) and (2), which were included in the proposed rule (88 FR 86285), were inadvertently and unintentionally left out of the final rule. This document corrects the final regulations to restore those two paragraphs. List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 250 Administrative practice and procedure, Continental shelf, Environmental impact statements, Environmental protection, Government contracts, Investigations, Mineral resources, Oil and gas exploration, Penalties, Pipelines, Public lands--mineral resources, Public lands-- rights-of-way, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur. Accordingly, 30 CFR part 250 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments: PART 250--OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 0

1. The authority citation for part 250 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334. 0

2. In Sec. 250.1409, add paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) to read as follows:

Sec. 250.1409 What are my appeal rights? * * * * * (b) * * * (1) Submit a surety bond in the amount of the penalty to the appropriate Leasing Office in the Region where the penalty was assessed, following instructions that the Reviewing Officer will include in the final decision; or (2) Notify the appropriate Leasing Office, in the Region where the penalty was assessed, that you want your lease-specific/area-wide bond on file to be used as the bond for the penalty amount. * * * * * Adam G. Suess, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management. [FR Doc. 2025-13812 Filed 7-22-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-VH-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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