The authority for this part derives from subsection 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCS Lands Act) (43 U.S.C. 1337 ). The Secretary of the Interior delegated to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) the authority to regulate activities under section 1337(p)(1)(D) of OCS Lands Act.
30 C.F.R. §586.100