(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.------------------------------------------------------------------------