---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 585.406"
title: "30"
number: "585.406"
heading: "Who is responsible for fulfilling lease and grant obligations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/585.406"
---

# §585.406. Who is responsible for fulfilling lease and grant obligations?

- (a) When you are not the sole lessee or grantee, you and your co-lessee(s) or co-grantee(s) are jointly and severally responsible for fulfilling your obligations under the lease or grant and the provisions of this part and [30 CFR part 285](/cfr/30/part285.md), unless otherwise provided in this part.
- (b) If your designated operator fails to fulfill any of your obligations under the lease or grant and this part, BOEM may require you or any or all of your co-lessees or co-grantees to fulfill those obligations or other operational obligations under the OCS Lands Act, the lease, grant, or this part.
- (c) Whenever the regulations in this part require the lessee or grantee to conduct an activity in a prescribed manner, the lessee or grantee and operator (if one has been designated) are jointly and severally responsible for complying with this part.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 42736, May 15, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1337.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 6430, Jan. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.