---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 285.105"
title: "30"
number: "285.105"
heading: "What are my responsibilities under this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/285.105"
---

# §285.105. What are my responsibilities under this part?


As a lessee, applicant, operator, or holder of a ROW grant, RUE grant, or Alternate Use RUE grant, you must:

- (a) Design your projects and conduct all activities in a manner that ensures safety and will not cause undue harm or damage to natural resources, including their physical, atmospheric, and biological components to the extent practicable; and take measures to prevent unauthorized discharge of pollutants including marine trash and debris into the offshore environment.
- (b) Submit requests, applications, notices, modifications, and supplemental information to BSEE as required by this part;
- (c) Follow up, in writing, any oral request or notification you made, within 3 business days;
- (d) Comply with all applicable laws and regulations, the terms of your lease or grant under 30 CFR part [585](/cfr/30/part585.md) or [586](/cfr/30/part586.md), reports, notices, and approved plans prepared under this part, 30 CFR part [585](/cfr/30/part585.md) or [586](/cfr/30/part586.md), and any conditions imposed by BOEM or BSEE through its review of any of these reports, notices, and approved plans, as provided in this partor in 30 CFR part [585](/cfr/30/part585.md) or [586](/cfr/30/part586.md);
- (e) Make all applicable payments on time;
- (f) Comply with the DOI's nonprocurement debarment regulations at [2 CFR part 1400](/cfr/2/part1400.md);
- (g) Include the requirement to comply with [2 CFR part 1400](/cfr/2/part1400.md) in all contracts and transactions related to a lease or grant under this part;
- (h) Conduct all activities authorized by the lease or grant in a manner consistent with the provisions of subsection 8(p) of the OCS Lands Act;
- (i) Compile, retain, and make available to BSEE representatives, within the time specified by BSEE, any data and information related to the site assessment, design, and operations of your project; and
- (j) **Respond to requests from the Director in a timely manner.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, as amended at 89 FR 42713, May 15, 2024]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, as amended at 89 FR 42713, May 15, 2024]