---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 550.120"
title: "30"
number: "550.120"
heading: "What standards will BOEM use to regulate leases, rights-of-use and easement, and rights-of-way?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/550.120"
---

# §550.120. What standards will BOEM use to regulate leases, rights-of-use and easement, and rights-of-way?


BOEM will regulate all activities under a lease, a right-of-use and easement, or a right-of-way to:

- (a) Promote the orderly exploration, development, and production of mineral resources;
- (b) Prevent injury or loss of life;
- (c) Prevent damage to or waste of any natural resource, property, or the environment; and
- (d) Ensure cooperation and consultation with affected States, local governments, other interested parties, and relevant Federal agencies.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 18152, Mar. 30, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 18152, Mar. 30, 2016]