Oil Drilling Permit Forms Up for Renewal and Comments
Published Date: 4/24/2026
Notice
Summary
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement wants to renew the paperwork for drilling permits, including the main application and extra info sheets. This affects companies applying to drill on public lands and aims to keep the process smooth while cutting down on unnecessary paperwork. Comments on these forms are open until June 23, 2026, so now’s the time to speak up!
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Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork Scale: Responses, Hours, Costs
BSEE estimates about 550 potential Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) respondents, 10,402 annual responses, a total of 76,955 annual burden hours, and $4,298,876 in total annual non-hour costs for this collection. Individual response times vary from 0.5 hour up to 125 hours depending on activity.
APD Paperwork Renewal Notice
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew the information collection covering the Application for Permit to Drill (Forms BSEE-0123 and BSEE-0123S) under OMB Control Number 1014-0025. Interested parties may submit comments on this renewal on or before June 23, 2026.
Forms Require Detailed Safety Data
The APD and Supplemental APD forms request detailed technical and safety information—such as well design, casing sizes and setting depths, drilling fluid (mud) programs, cementing programs, blowout preventer (BOP) systems, H2S presence, and crew training—to allow BSEE to verify operational safety and environmental protection. Respondents must supply this information when seeking drilling approval.
Non‑Proprietary Submissions Publicly Available
Except for proprietary data, BSEE is required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to make certain information submitted on Forms BSEE-0123 and BSEE-0123S available to the public. Companies submitting non‑proprietary data should expect that information to be publicly accessible.
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