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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Bureau of Ocean Energy Management</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of the Interior</NAME>
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<p>In response to Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, the Department of the Interior prepared Report on the Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The report stated that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, through a new "Fitness to Operate" standard, would establish safety, environmental, and financial responsibilities for companies to meet in order to operate on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.</p>
<p>This rule would establish safety, environmental, and financial responsibilities for oil and gas companies to meet in order to operate on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.</p>
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            <CFR>30 CFR 556</CFR>
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<p>In response to Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, the Department of the Interior prepared a report on the Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The report stated that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, through a new "Fitness to Operate" standard, would establish safety, environmental, and financial responsibilities for companies to meet in order to operate on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.</p>
<p>This rule would establish safety, environmental, and financial responsibilities for oil and gas companies to meet in order to operate on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.</p>
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<p>43 U.S.C. 1331, OCS Lands Act.</p>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
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        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>Undetermined</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
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        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Kelley</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Spence</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Program Analyst</TITLE>
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                    <NAME>Bureau of Ocean Energy Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>BOEM</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>984 298-7345</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>kelley.spence@boem.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1849 C Street NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20240</ZIP>
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