---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 551.5"
title: "30"
number: "551.5"
heading: "Applying for permits or filing Notices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/551.5"
---

# §551.5. Applying for permits or filing Notices.

- (a) **Permits.** You must submit a signed original and three copies of the BOEM permit application form (Form BOEM-0327). The form includes names of persons; the type, location, purpose, and dates of activity; and environmental and other information. A nonrefundable service fee of $2,012 must be paid electronically through Pay.gov at: https://www.pay.gov/paygov/, and you must include a copy of the Pay.gov confirmation receipt page with your application.
- (b) **Disapproval of permit application.** If BOEM disapproves your application for a permit, the Regional Director will state the reasons for the denial and will advise you of the changes needed to obtain approval.
- (c) **Notices.** You must sign and date a Notice and state:
  - (1) The name(s) of the person(s) who will conduct the proposed research;
  - (2) The name(s) of any other person(s) participating in the proposed research, including the sponsor;
  - (3) The type of research and a brief description of how you will conduct it;
  - (4) The location in the OCS, indicated on a map, plat, or chart, where you will conduct research;
  - (5) The proposed dates you project for your research activity to start and end;
  - (6) The name, registry number, registered owner, and port of registry of vessels used in the operation;
  - (7) The earliest practicable time you expect to make the data and information resulting from your research activity available to the public;
  - (8) Your plan of how you will make the data and information you collected available to the public;
  - (9) That you and others involved will not sell or withhold for exclusive use the data and information resulting from your research; and
  - (10) At your option, you may submit (as a substitute for the material required in paragraphs [(c)(7)](#c-7), [(c)(8)](#c-8), and [(c)(9)](#c-9) of this section) the nonexclusive use agreement for scientific research attachment to Form BOEM-0327.
- (d) **Filing locations.** You must apply for a permit or file a Notice at one of the following locations:
  - (1) **For the OCS off the State of Alaska—** the Regional Supervisor for Resource Evaluation, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.
  - (2) **For the OCS off the Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of America—** the Regional Supervisor for Resource Evaluation, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of America OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394.
  - (3) **For the OCS off the coast of the States of California, Oregon, Washington, or Hawaii—** the Regional Supervisor for Resource Evaluation, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Pacific OCS Region, 760 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 102 (CM 102), Camarillo, California 93010.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 80 FR 57096, Sept. 22, 2015; 90 FR 24071, June 6, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: Section 104, Public Law 97-451, 96 Stat. 2451 (30 U.S.C. 1714), Public Law 109-432, Div C, Title I, 120 Stat. 3000; 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334; 33 U.S.C. 2704, 2716; E.O. 12777, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., 43 U.S.C. 1337.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 80 FR 57096, Sept. 22, 2015; 90 FR 24071, June 6, 2025]