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kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 556.301"
title: "30"
number: "556.301"
heading: "What is a Call for Information and Nominations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/556.301"
---

# §556.301. What is a Call for Information and Nominations?


BOEM issues a Call for Information and Nominations (“Call”) on an area proposed for leasing in the Five Year program through publication in the Federal Register and other publications. A Call may include more than one proposed sale. Comments are requested from industry and the public on:

- (a) Industry interest in the area proposed for leasing, including nominations or indications of interest in specific blocks within the area;
- (b) Geological conditions, including bottom hazards;
- (c) Archaeological sites on the seabed or near shore;
- (d) Potential multiple uses of the proposed leasing area, including navigation, recreation, and fisheries;
- (e) Areas that should receive special concern and analysis; and
- (f) **Other socioeconomic, biological, and environmental information.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 6213; 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 18152, Mar. 30, 2016, unless otherwise noted.