30 C.F.R. § 280.71   What is the timetable for release of data and information?


Title 30 - Mineral Resources


Title 30: Mineral Resources
PART 280—PROSPECTING FOR MINERALS OTHER THAN OIL, GAS, AND SULPHUR ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Subpart D—Data Requirements
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§ 280.71   What is the timetable for release of data and information?

We will release data and information that you or a third party submits and we retain according to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.

(a) If the data and information are not related to a deep stratigraphic test, we will release them to the public according to items (1), (2), and (3) in the following table:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------   If you or a third party      The Regional Director will disclose them submits and we retain * * *              to the public * * *------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Geological data and        10 years after issuing the permit. information.(2) Geophysical data.........  50 years after you or a third party                                submit the data.(3) Geophysical information..  25 years after you or a third party                                submit the information(4) Data and information       25 years after you complete the test, related to a deep              unless the provisions of paragraph (b) stratigraphic test.            of this section apply.------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) This paragraph applies if you are covered by paragraph (a)(4) of this section and a lease sale is held or a noncompetitive agreement is negotiated after you complete a test well. We will release the data and information related to the deep stratigraphic test at the earlier of the following times:

(1) Twenty-five years after you complete the test; or

(2) Sixty calendar days after we issue a lease, located partly or totally within 50 geographic miles (92.7 kilometers) of the test.

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