---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 550.221"
title: "30"
number: "550.221"
heading: "What environmental monitoring information must accompany the EP?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/550.221"
---

# §550.221. What environmental monitoring information must accompany the EP?


The following environmental monitoring information, as applicable, must accompany your EP:

- (a) **Monitoring systems.** A description of any existing and planned monitoring systems that are measuring, or will measure, environmental conditions or will provide project-specific data or information on the impacts of your exploration activities.
- (b) **Incidental takes.** If there is reason to believe that protected species may be incidentally taken by planned exploration activities, you must describe how you will monitor for incidental take of:
  - (1) Threatened and endangered species listed under the ESA; and
  - (2) Marine mammals, as appropriate, if you have not already received authorization for incidental take as may be necessary under the MMPA.
- (c) **Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS).** If you propose to conduct exploration activities within the protective zones of the FGBNMS, a description of your provisions for monitoring the impacts of an oil spill on the environmentally sensitive resources at the FGBNMS.

## Notes

### 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.