Offshore Wind Data Collection Gets Routine Extension
Published Date: 4/2/2026
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Summary
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement wants to keep collecting info about renewable energy and new uses for old offshore facilities. This affects companies working on the Outer Continental Shelf, who’ll keep sharing data to help protect the environment and support clean energy. You’ve got until June 1, 2026, to share your thoughts, and this update aims to keep paperwork manageable without extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
OCS Companies Keep Reporting Requirements
Companies that hold offshore oil, gas, or pipeline rights on the Outer Continental Shelf must continue to provide information under 30 CFR part 285 (OMB Control Number 1014-0034). The notice estimates about 555 potential operators, 119 annual responses, a total of 9,802 annual burden hours, per-response times from 0.5 to 6,000 hours, and total annual non-hour costs of $1,908,000; most responses are mandatory and submissions occur on occasion, monthly, annually, and biennially.
BSEE Uses Data to Oversee Offshore Safety
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will use the collected information under 30 CFR part 285 to review facility design and fabrication reports, oversee safety management systems, run inspection programs, require incident reporting and investigations, carry out enforcement actions (such as noncompliance notices, cessation orders, and certain lease suspensions), and oversee decommissioning of offshore facilities.
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