Administrative Revisions to Regulations Related to Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur

What it does

Consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14285, "Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources" (April 24, 2025), E.O. 14154 "Unleashing American Energy" (January 20, 2025), E.O. 14192 "Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation" (January 31, 2025), and consistent with agency policy, the Department of the Interior (the Department or DOI), acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), proposes administrative revisions to regulations that govern prospecting, leasing, and operations related to minerals other than oil, gas, and sulphur ("hard minerals") on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The Ocean Energy Management Bureau's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

3 parts of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

30 CFR 580, 30 CFR 581, 30 CFR 582

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1010-AE36 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

BOEM must receive your comments on or before April 27, 2026. BOEM has the discretion not to consider comments received after this date.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket BOEM-2025-0120 on Regulations.gov
• Title 30 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register