---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 550.281"
title: "30"
number: "550.281"
heading: "What must I do to conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/550.281"
---

# §550.281. What must I do to conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?

- (a) **Approvals and permits.** Before you conduct activities under your approved EP, DPP, or DOCD you must obtain the following approvals and or permits, as applicable, from the District Manager or BSEE Regional Supervisor:
  - (1) Approval of applications for permits to drill (APDs) (see [30 CFR 250.410](/cfr/30/250.410.md));
  - (2) Approval of production safety systems (see [30 CFR 250.800](/cfr/30/250.800.md));
  - (3) Approval of new platforms and other structures (or major modifications to platforms and other structures) (see [30 CFR 250.905](/cfr/30/250.905.md));
  - (4) Approval of applications to install lease term pipelines (see [30 CFR 250.1007](/cfr/30/250.1007.md)); and
  - (5) **Other permits, as required by applicable law.**
- (b) **Conformance.** The activities proposed in these applications and permits must conform to the activities described in detail in your approved EP, DPP, or DOCD.
- (c) **Separate State CZMA consistency review.** APDs, and other applications for licenses, approvals, or permits to conduct activities under your approved EP, DPP, or DOCD including those identified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, are not subject to separate State CZMA consistency review.
- (d) **Approval restrictions for permits for activities conducted under EPs.** The Regional Supervisor will not approve any APDs or other applications for licenses, approvals, or permits under your approved EP until either:
  - (1) All affected States with approved coastal zone management programs concur, or are conclusively presumed to concur, with the coastal zone consistency certification accompanying your EP 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
  - (2) The Secretary of Commerce finds, under [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)) that each activity covered by the EP is consistent with the objectives of the CZMA or is otherwise necessary in the interest of National security;
  - (3) If an affected State objects to the coastal zone consistency certification accompanying your approved EP after BOEM has approved your EP, you may either:
    - (i) Revise your EP to accommodate the State's objection and submit the revision to the Regional Supervisor for approval; or
    - (ii) Appeal the State's objection to the Secretary of Commerce using the procedures in [15 CFR part 930](/cfr/15/part930.md), subpart H. The Secretary of Commerce will either:
      - (A) Grant your appeal by making the finding described in [paragraph (d)(2)](#d-2) of this section; or
      - (B) Deny your appeal, in which case you may revise your EP as described in [paragraph (d)(3)(i)](#d-3-i) of this section.

## 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.