30 CFR Chapter VII, Subchapter H - SMALL OPERATOR ASSISTANCE
Title 30 published on 20-Dec-2017 04:15
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GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-27309 RIN 1014-AA37 189E1700D2 ET1SF0000.PSB000 EEEE500000 Docket No. ID: BSEE-2017-0008 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Proposed rule. Submit comments by January 29, 2018. BSEE may not fully consider comments received after this date. You may submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the information collection burden in this proposed rule by January 29, 2018. The deadline for comments on the information collection burden does not affect the deadline for the public to comment to BSEE on the proposed regulations. 30 CFR Part 250 The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to amend the regulations regarding oil and natural gas production to reduce certain unnecessary regulatory burdens imposed under the existing regulations, while correcting errors and clarifying current requirements. Accordingly, after thoroughly reexamining the current regulations, and based on experiences from the implementation process, and BSEE policy, BSEE proposes to amend, revise, or remove current regulatory provisions that create unnecessary burdens on stakeholders while maintaining or advancing the level of safety and environmental protection.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-26843 RIN SATS No. OK-037-FOR Docket No. ID: OSM-2015-0006 S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 189S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 18XS501520 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Final rule; approval of amendment. The effective date is January 12, 2018. 30 CFR Part 936 We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Oklahoma regulatory program (Oklahoma program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Oklahoma proposed revisions to its regulations regarding: Permit eligibility for permits with violations on lands eligible for remining; permit suspension or rescission posting locations and appeal procedures; requiring GPS coordinates for aspects of permit maps; topsoil removal distances; blasting records requirements; annual reporting requirements; temporary cessation of operations requirements; casing and sealing temporary underground openings; right of entry requirements; surface drainage associated with auger mining; correcting reference errors; updating addresses; and correcting spelling and grammatical errors. Oklahoma intended to revise its program to be no less effective than the Federal regulations and to improve operational efficiency.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-26432 RIN S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 189S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 18XS501520 SATS No: WY-045-FOR Docket No. ID: OSM-2013-0002 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Final rule; approval of amendment with certain exceptions. The effective date is January 8, 2018. 30 CFR Part 950 We are issuing a final decision on an amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program (the “Wyoming program”) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (“SMCRA” or “the Act”). Our decision approves in part and disapproves in part the amendment. Wyoming proposes both revisions of and additions to its coal rules and regulations concerning ownership and control, adds a provision concerning variable topsoil depths during reclamation, and addresses four deficiencies that were identified by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) during the review of a previous program amendment (WY-038-FOR; Docket ID No. OSM-2009-0012). Wyoming revised its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations and SMCRA, clarify ambiguities, and improve operational efficiency.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-24620 RIN SATS No. TX-067-FOR Docket No. ID: OSM-2016-0001 S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 189S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 18XS501520 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Final rule. The effective date is December 18, 2017. 30 CFR Part 943 We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Texas regulatory program (Texas program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Texas proposed revisions to its regulations regarding annual permit fees. Texas revised its program at its own initiative to raise revenues sufficient to cover its anticipated share of costs to administer the coal regulatory program and to encourage mining companies to more quickly reclaim lands and request bond release, thereby fulfilling SMCRA's purpose of assuring the reclamation of mined land as quickly as possible.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-24307 RIN 1029-AC63 Docket No. ID: OSM-2010-0018 S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 178S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 17X501520 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Final rule; CRA Revocation. This rule is effective on November 17, 2017. The incorporation by reference of material listed in the rule was previously approved by the Director of the Federal Register. 30 CFR Parts 700, 701, 773, 774, 777, 779, 780, 783, 784, 785, 800, 816, 817, 824, and 827 By operation of the Congressional Review Act, the Stream Protection Rule shall be treated as if it had never taken effect. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issues this document to effect the removal of any amendments, deletions or other modifications made by the nullified rule, and the reversion to the text of the regulations in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Stream Protection Rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-24707 RIN KY-254-FOR OSM-2011-0005 S1D1SSS08011000SX064A000189S180110 S2D2SSS08011000SX066A00018XS501520 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Final rule; approval of amendment. The effective date is December 18, 2017. 30 CFR Part 917 We are approving an amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program (hereinafter, the “Kentucky program”) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Kentucky submitted a proposed amendment to OSMRE that includes revisions to the Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) as authorized by House Bill 385 (HB 385), regarding bonding of surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-21594 RIN 1219-AB87 Docket No. MSHA-2014-0030 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Final rule; stay of effective date; reinstatement of rules. As of October 5, 2017, 30 CFR 56.18002 and 57.18002 are stayed until June 2, 2018, and 30 CFR 56.18002T and 57.18002T are added until June 2, 2018. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 The Mine Safety and Health Administration is staying the effective date of the Agency's January 23, 2017, final rule that amended standards for examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines to June 2, 2018. MSHA also is reinstating the provisions of the working place examinations standards that were in effect as of October 1, 2017. This stay and reinstatement offers additional time for MSHA to provide stakeholders training and compliance assistance.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-21233 RIN 1010-AD90 MMAA104000 Docket No. ID: BOEM-2010-0041 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Final rule. This rule is effective December 4, 2017. 30 CFR Part 583 This final rule establishes new regulations to address the use of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sand, gravel, and/or shell resources for shore protection, beach restoration, or coastal wetlands restoration projects by Federal, state, or local government agencies, and for use in construction projects authorized by or funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government. The final rule describes the negotiated noncompetitive agreement process for qualifying projects and codifies new and existing procedures.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-20265 RIN S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 178S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 17XS501520 SATS No. IN-164-FOR Docket No. ID: OSM-2016-0004 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Final rule; approval of amendment. Effective October 23, 2017. 30 CFR Part 914 We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Indiana Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AML) Plan (Indiana Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Updates to the Indiana Plan were proposed to be consistent with changes required by the 2006 amendment to SMCRA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-19380 RIN 1219-AB87 Docket No. MSHA-2014-0030 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule; delay of effective date. Comments must be received or postmarked by midnight Eastern Daylight Saving Time (DST) on September 26, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 On January 23, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published a final rule in the Federal Register amending the Agency's standards for the examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines. MSHA is proposing to delay the effective date of the Agency's final rule to March 2, 2018. This extension would offer additional time for MSHA to provide stakeholders training and compliance assistance.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-19381 RIN 1219-AB87 Docket No. MSHA-2014-0030 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule, limited reopening of the rulemaking record; notice of public hearings; close of comment period. MSHA is reopening the comment period to solicit comments on limited changes to the final rule published on January 23, 2017 (82 FR 7695), effective May 23, 2017, and delayed on May 22, 2017 (82 FR 23139), until October 2, 2017 (82 FR 23139). Comment date: Comments must be received or postmarked by midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 13, 2017. Hearing dates: October 24, 2017, October 26, 2017, October 31, 2017, and November 2, 2017. The locations are listed in the Public Hearings section in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposes to amend the Agency's final rule on examinations of working places in metal and nonmetal mines that was published in January 2017. The proposed changes would require that an examination of the working place be conducted before work begins or as miners begin work in that place, and that the examination record include descriptions of adverse conditions that are not corrected promptly and the dates of corrective action for these conditions. The proposed rule would provide mine operators additional flexibility in managing their safety and health programs and reduce regulatory burdens without reducing the protections afforded miners.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-16571 RIN 1012-AA20 DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2 Docket No. ONRR-2017-0001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Natural Resources Revenue Final rule. This rule is effective on September 6, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 1202 and 1206 The Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) is repealing the Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform Final Rule, published July 1, 2016, and effective January 1, 2017. Simultaneously, ONRR is reinstating the valuation regulations governing the valuation of Federal oil, Federal gas, and Federal and Indian coal that were in effect before January 1, 2017.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-14376 RIN S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 178S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 17XS501520 SATS No. PA-164-FOR Docket No. OSM-2016-0013 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Final rule; approval of amendment. Effective August 9, 2017. 30 CFR Part 938 We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (Pennsylvania program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). This amendment revises the Pennsylvania program to further define the implementation process for the reclamation of alternative bonding system (ABS) “Legacy Sites,” and to clearly identify the current list of Legacy Sites, as well as sites that may qualify in the future as Legacy Sites.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-11985 RIN 1014-AA35 17XE1700DX EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE50000 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Final rule. This rule is effective on June 9, 2017. 30 CFR Part 250 As specifically mandated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, this final rule revises the requirements contained in the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement regulations relating to maintaining a lease beyond its primary term through continuous operations by changing all of the references to the period of time before which a lease expires due to cessation of operations from “180 days” and “180th day” to a “year” and from “180-day period” to a “1-year period.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-10474 RIN 1219-AB87 Docket No. MSHA-2014-0030 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Final rule; delay of effective date. The effective date of the rule published January 23, 2017 (82 FR 7680) is delayed to October 2, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 The Mine Safety and Health Administration is delaying the effective date of the Agency's final rule that amends existing standards for examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines. The effective date of that rule is extended to October 2, 2017. This extension offers additional time for MSHA to provide stakeholders training and compliance assistance.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-08225 RIN 1012-AA17 Docket No. ONRR-2016-0002 DS63644000 DR2PS0000.CH7000 178D0102R2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Natural Resources Revenue Final rule. This rule is effective on April 24, 2017. 30 CFR Part 1241 In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Act), as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act) and recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) is publishing this final rule to adjust our maximum civil monetary penalty (CMP) rates for calendar year 2017. This final rule also adopts as final a 2016 interim final rule that adjusted the amount of our civil monetary penalties for inflation with initial “catch-up” adjustments under the 2015 Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-06997 RIN S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 178S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 17XS501520 SATS No. AL-080-FOR Docket No. ID: OSM-2016-0011 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment. We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4:00 p.m., c.t., May 8, 2017. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on the amendment on May 2, 2017. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., c.t. on April 24, 2017. 30 CFR Part 901 We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Alabama Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Alabama proposes revisions to modernize its Plan, which remains largely unchanged since its approval on May 20, 1982, and encompass the November 14, 2008, changes to the Federal regulations. This document gives the times and locations that the Alabama Plan and proposed amendment to that plan are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-06617 RIN 1012-AA20 DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2 Docket No. ONRR-2017-0001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Natural Resources Revenue Proposed rule. You must submit comments on or before May 4, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 1202 and 1206 The Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) proposes to repeal the Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform Rule that was published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2016 (“2017 Valuation Rule”). Repeal of the 2017 Valuation Rule would maintain the current regulatory status quo by keeping the longstanding pre-existing regulations in effect.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-06600 RIN 1012-AA21 DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2 Docket No. ONRR-2017-0002 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Natural Resources Revenue Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). You must submit your comments by May 4, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 1202 and 1206 The Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) requests comments and suggestions from affected parties and the interested public on whether revisions to the regulations governing the valuation, for royalty purposes, of oil and gas produced from Federal onshore and offshore leases and coal produced from Federal and Indian leases, are needed and, if so, what specific revisions should be considered. On July 1, 2016, ONRR published a final rule, Consolidated Federal Oil and Gas and Federal and Indian Coal Valuation Reform (2017 Valuation Rule). ONRR subsequently stayed the effective date of that rule pending resolution of litigation. As a result of the stay, the regulations in effect prior to January 1, 2017 (“pre-existing regulations”) remain in effect. In a separate notice, ONRR is seeking comments on a proposed rule to repeal the 2017 Valuation Rule to maintain the status quo in which the pre-existing regulations remain in effect while ONRR reconsiders whether changes made by the 2017 Valuation Rule are needed or appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-06396 RIN S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 178S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 17XS501520 SATS No. ND-054-FOR Docket No. ID OSM-2016-0009 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment. We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4:00 p.m., m.d.t. May 1, 2017. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on the amendment on April 25, 2017. We will accept requests to speak until 4:00 p.m., m.d.t. on April 17, 2017. 30 CFR Part 934 We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program (North Dakota program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). North Dakota proposes numerous rule changes to the North Dakota Administrative Code for surface coal mining and reclamation operations and reclamation law changes that were made during North Dakota's 2015 Legislative Session. The law changes added a definition of “commercial leonardite” and excluded oxidized lignite (leonardite) from the statutory definition of “coal.” The law changes also added the phrase “or commercial leonardite” to many other sections of the reclamation law. North Dakota intends to revise its program to improve operational efficiency. This document gives the times and locations that the North Dakota program and proposed amendment to that program are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-06397 RIN SATS No. VA-128-FOR Docket No. ID: OSM-2016-0007 S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A00 178S180110 S2D2D SS08011000 SX066A00 17XS501520 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment. We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (e.s.t.), May 1, 2017. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on the amendment on April 25, 2017. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., e.s.t. on April 17, 2017. 30 CFR Part 946 We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Virginia regulatory program (the Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Through this proposed amendment, Virginia seeks to revise its program regulations to require Virginia to enter permit information into the Applicant Violator System (AVS) database upon receipt of a complete permit application and require Virginia to conduct a final compliance review between the application approval and permit issuance. This document gives the times and locations that the Virginia program and this proposed amendment to that program are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing; if one is requested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-05979 RIN 1219-AB87 Docket No. MSHA-2014-0030 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule; delay of effective date. Comment Deadline: April 26, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 On January 23, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published a final rule in the Federal Register amending the Agency's standards for the examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines. The effective date of this final rule is May 23, 2017. MSHA is proposing to delay the effective date of the final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines to assure that mine operators and miners affected by the examinations final rule have the training and compliance assistance they need prior to the rule's effective date. This proposed rule would delay the effective date of the final rule to July 24, 2017. MSHA is soliciting comments on the limited issue of whether to extend the effective date to July 24, 2017, and whether this extension offers an appropriate length of time for MSHA to provide stakeholders training and compliance assistance.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-04747 RIN S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 17X501520 PA-164-FOR, Docket ID: OSM-2016-0013 S1D1S SS08011000 DX064A000 178S180110 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment. We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), April 10, 2017. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on the amendment on April 4, 2017. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4 p.m., EST. on March 27, 2017. 30 CFR Part 938 We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Through this proposed amendment, Pennsylvania seeks to revise its program to further define the implementation process for the reclamation of alternative bonding system (ABS) “Legacy Sites”, and to clearly identify the current list of Legacy Sites, as well as sites that may qualify in the future as Legacy Sites. This document gives the times and locations that the Pennsylvania program and this proposed amendment to that program are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-03861 RIN 1012-AA13 Docket No. ONRR-2012-0004 DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Natural Resources Revenue Notification; postponement of effectiveness. February 27, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 1202 and 1206 On July 1, 2016, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) published the Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Final Rule (2017 Valuation Rule or Rule) in the Federal Register . On December 29, 2016, three separate petitions challenging the 2017 Valuation Rule were filed in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. In light of the existence and potential consequences of the pending litigation, ONRR has concluded that justice requires it to postpone the effectiveness of the 2017 Valuation Rule pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 705 of the Administrative Procedure Act, pending judicial review.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-02983 RIN 1010-AD95 MMAA104000 Docket No. ID: BOEM-2016-0055 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Final rule. This rule is effective on February 15, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 550 and 553 This rule adopts and finalizes the interim final rule which adjusted the level of the maximum civil monetary penalties contained in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) regulations pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (FCPIA of 2015), and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. This rule also implements the 2017 adjustment of the level of the maximum civil monetary penalties contained in the BOEM regulations pursuant to OCSLA, OPA, FCPIA of 2015 and OMB guidance. The 2017 adjustment of 1.01636 percent accounts for one year of inflation spanning from October 2015 to October 2016.