---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 580.71"
title: "30"
number: "580.71"
heading: "What is the timetable for release of data and information?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/580.71"
---

# §580.71. What is the timetable for release of data and information?


We will release data and information that you or a third party submits and we retain according to paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section.

- (a) If the data and information are not related to a deep stratigraphic test, we will release them to the public according to items (1), (2), and (3) in the following table:
- (b) This paragraph applies if you are covered by paragraph (a)(4) of this section and a lease sale is held or a noncompetitive agreement is negotiated after you complete a test well. We will release the data and information related to the deep stratigraphic test at the earlier of the following times:
  - (1) Twenty-five years after you complete the test; or
  - (2) Sixty calendar days after we issue a lease, located partly or totally within 50 geographic miles (92.7 kilometers) of the test.

## 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.