---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 550.270"
title: "30"
number: "550.270"
heading: "What decisions will BOEM make on the DPP or DOCD and within what timeframe?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/550.270"
---

# §550.270. What decisions will BOEM make on the DPP or DOCD and within what timeframe?

- (a) **Timeframe.** The Regional Supervisor will act on your deemed-submitted DPP or DOCD as follows:
  - (1) The Regional Supervisor will make a decision within 60 calendar days after the latest of the day that:
    - (i) The comment period provided in § [550.267(a)(1)](/cfr/30/550.267.md?p=a-1), [(a)(2)](/cfr/30/550.267.md?p=a-2), and [(b)](/cfr/30/550.267.md?p=a-b) closes;
    - (ii) The final EIS for a DPP is released or adopted; or
    - (iii) **The last amendment to your proposed DOCD is received by the Regional Supervisor.**
  - (2) Notwithstanding [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section, BOEM will not approve your DPP or DOCD until either:
    - (i) All affected States with approved CZMA programs concur, or have been conclusively presumed to concur, with your DPP or DOCD consistency certification under section [307(c)(3)(B)(i)](/cfr/30/307.md?p=c-3-B-i) and [(ii)](/cfr/30/307.md?p=c-3-B-ii) of the CZMA (16 U.S.C. [1456(c)(3)(B)(i)](/usc/16/1456.md?p=c-3-B-i) and [(ii)](/usc/16/1456.md?p=c-3-B-ii)); or
    - (ii) The Secretary of Commerce has made a finding authorized by [section 307(c)(3)(B)(iii)](/cfr/30/307.md?p=c-3-B-iii) of the CZMA ([16 U.S.C. 1456(c)(3)(B)(iii)](/usc/16/1456.md?p=c-3-B-iii)) that each activity described in the DPP or DOCD is consistent with the objectives of the CZMA, or is otherwise necessary in the interest of National security.
- (b) **BOEM decision.** By the deadline in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Regional Supervisor will take one of the following actions:

## 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.