---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 285.415"
title: "30"
number: "285.415"
heading: "What is a lease or grant suspension?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/285.415"
---

# §285.415. What is a lease or grant suspension?

- (a) A suspension is an interruption of the term of your lease or grant that may occur as ordered by BSEE, as provided in [§ 285.417](/cfr/30/285.417.md); or as approved or ordered by BOEM, as provided in 30 CFR [585.416](/cfr/30/585.416.md) and [585.417](/cfr/30/585.417.md).
- (b) A suspension extends the expiration date for the relevant period of your lease or grant for the length of time the suspension is in effect.
- (c) Activities may not be conducted on your lease or grant during the period of a suspension except as expressly authorized under the terms of the suspension.

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, as amended at 89 FR 42714, 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 42714, May 15, 2024]