---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.197"
title: "30"
number: "250.197"
heading: "Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.197"
---

# §250.197. Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.


BSEE will protect data and information that you submit under this part, and [30 CFR part 203](/cfr/30/part203.md), as described in this section. Paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section describe what data and information will be made available to the public without the consent of the lessee, under what circumstances, and in what time period. [Paragraph (c)](#c) of this section describes what data and information will be made available for limited inspection without the consent of the lessee, and under what circumstances.

- (a) All data and information you submit on BSEE forms will be made available to the public upon submission, except as specified in the following table:
- (b) BSEE will release lease and permit data and information that you submit and BSEE retains, but that are not normally submitted on BSEE forms, according to the following table:
- (c) BSEE may allow limited inspection, but only by persons with a direct interest in related BSEE decisions and issues in specific geographic areas, and who agree in writing to its confidentiality, of G&G data and information submitted under this part or [30 CFR part 203](/cfr/30/part203.md) that BSEE uses to:
  - (1) Make unitization determinations on two or more leases;
  - (2) Make competitive reservoir determinations;
  - (3) Ensure proper plans of development for competitive reservoirs;
  - (4) Promote operational safety;
  - (5) Protect the environment;
  - (6) [Reserved]; or
  - (7) **Determine eligibility for royalty relief.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.