---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 580.24"
title: "30"
number: "580.24"
heading: "What reports must I file?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/580.24"
---

# §580.24. What reports must I file?

- (a) You must submit status reports on a schedule specified in the permit and include a daily log of operations.
- (b) You must submit a final report of G&G prospecting or scientific research activities under a permit within 30 days after you complete acquisition activities under the permit. You may combine the final report with the last status report and must include each of the following:
  - (1) **A description of the work performed.**
  - (2) Charts, maps, plats and digital navigation data in a format specified by the Regional Director, showing the areas and blocks in which any G&G prospecting or permitted scientific research activities were conducted. Identify the lines of geophysical traverses and their locations including a reference sufficient to identify the data produced during each activity.
  - (3) **The dates on which you conducted the actual prospecting or scientific research activities.**
  - (4) **A summary of any—**
    - (i) Hard mineral, hydrocarbon, or sulphur occurrences encountered;
    - (ii) Environmental hazards; and
    - (iii) Adverse effects of the G&G prospecting or scientific research activities on the environment, aquatic life, archaeological resources, or other uses of the area in which the activities were conducted.
  - (5) **Other descriptions of the activities conducted as specified by the Regional Director.**

## Notes

### 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.