Comments closed May 8
Oppose Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management · Outer Continental Shelf leases and grants
- What
- BOEM is proposing to cut the supplemental financial assurance that oil, gas and sulfur lessees and grant holders on the Outer Continental Shelf must provide, in response to Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy, and Secretarial Order No. 3418. It would return to considering the financial strength of jointly liable predecessor lessees, revise the credit rating threshold and the decommissioning estimate, and change the appeals bond provision. BOEM estimates it would reduce the financial burden on the regulated community by about $6.2 billion.
- Where
- Outer Continental Shelf leases and grants
- How much
- We have no figure for this fight yet; the agency’s own words are under Case.
- Decided
- Comments closed May 8, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read May 9, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur summary of the Federal Register 2026-04517 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchNo verified figure is on the record for this fight.
- DecidedMay 8, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read May 9, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 10, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
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PLAN's read: high threat
BOEM is proposing to cut the supplemental financial assurance that oil, gas and sulfur lessees and grant holders on the Outer Continental Shelf must provide, in response to Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy, and Secretarial Order No. 3418. It would return to considering the financial strength of jointly liable predecessor lessees, revise the credit rating threshold and the decommissioning estimate, and change the appeals bond provision. BOEM estimates it would reduce the financial burden on the regulated community by about $6.2 billion.
In the agency’s own words
The Department of the Interior (the Department or DOI), acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), in response to Executive Order (E.O.) 14154 of January 20, 2025, Unleashing American Energy, as well as Secretarial Order No. 3418 of February 3, 2025, has reviewed market conditions of supply and demand in the crude oil and gas markets, and, as a result, is proposing to amend its existing risk management and financial assurance regulations. BOEM is tasked with managing the development of U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy, mineral, and geological resources in an environmentally and economic…
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5 groups are in on this fight
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- Center for Biological Diversity
In on this fight · linked
Plaintiff in HEALTHY GULF v. BURGUM; counsel in HEALTHY GULF v. BURGUM.
Source ↗ - Earthjustice
In on this fight · linked
Filed its own comment on this decision on May 15, 2026; counsel in HEALTHY GULF v. BURGUM.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Friends of the Earth
In on this fight · linked
Filed its own comment on this decision on May 6, 2026; plaintiff in HEALTHY GULF v. BURGUM.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Natural Resources Defense Council
In on this fight · linked
Plaintiff in HEALTHY GULF v. BURGUM; counsel in HEALTHY GULF v. BURGUM.
Source ↗ - Sierra Club
In on this fight · linked
Plaintiff in HEALTHY GULF v. BURGUM.
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