---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 285.100"
title: "30"
number: "285.100"
heading: "Authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/285.100"
---

# §285.100. Authority.


The authority for this part derives from the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCS Lands Act) ([43 U.S.C. 1337](/usc/43/1337.md)). The Secretary of the Interior delegated to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) the authority to regulate certain activities. These regulations specifically apply to activities that:

- (a) Produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas; or
- (b) Use, for energy-related purposes or for other authorized marine-related purposes, facilities currently or previously used for activities authorized under the OCS Lands Act.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.