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CFR /  Title 30  /  Part 550  /  Sec. 550.270 What decisions will BOEM make on the DPP or DOCD and

(a) Timeframe. The Regional Supervisor will act on your deemed-submitted DPP or DOCD as follows:

(1) The Regional Supervisor will make a decision within 60 calendar days after the latest of the day that:

(i) The comment period provided in Sec. 550.267(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) closes;

(ii) The final EIS for a DPP is released or adopted; or

(iii) The last amendment to your proposed DOCD is received by the Regional Supervisor.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(1) of this section, BOEM will not approve your DPP or DOCD until either:

(i) All affected States with approved CZMA programs concur, or have been conclusively presumed to concur, with your DPP or DOCD consistency certification under section 307(c)(3)(B)(i) and (ii) of the CZMA (16 U.S.C. 1456(c)(3)(B)(i) and (ii)); or

(ii) The Secretary of Commerce has made a finding authorized by section 307(c)(3)(B)(iii) of the CZMA (16 U.S.C. 1456(c)(3)(B)(iii)) that each activity described in the DPP or DOCD is consistent with the objectives of the CZMA, or is otherwise necessary in the interest of National security.

(b) BOEM decision. By the deadline in paragraph (a) of this section, the Regional Supervisor will take one of the following actions: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

The regional

(1) Approve your DPP It complies with all The Regional Supervisor

or DOCD, applicable will notify you in

requirements, writing of the decision

and may require you to

meet certain conditions,

including those to

provide monitoring

information.(2) Require you to It fails to make The Regional Supervisor

modify your proposed adequate provisions will notify you in

DPP or DOCD, for safety, writing of the decision

environmental and describe the

protection, or modifications you must

conservation of make to your proposed

natural resources or DPP or DOCD to ensure it

otherwise does not complies with all

comply with the applicable requirements.

lease, the Act, the

regulations

prescribed under the

Act, or other

Federal laws,(3) Disapprove your Any of the reasons in (i) The Regional

DPP or DOCD, Sec. 550.271 Supervisor will notify

apply, you in writing of the

decision and describe

the reason(s) for

disapproving your DPP or

DOCD; and

(ii) BOEM may cancel your

lease and compensate you

under 43 U.S.C.

1351(h)(2)(C) and the

implementing regulations

in Sec. Sec. 550.183

through 550.185 and 30

CFR 556.77.------------------------------------------------------------------------