---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 589.301"
title: "31"
number: "589.301"
heading: "Arctic offshore projects."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/589.301"
---

# §589.301. Arctic offshore projects.

- (a) The term Arctic offshore projects as used in [§ 589.205](/cfr/31/589.205.md) means projects that have the potential to produce oil in areas that—
  - (1) Involve drilling operations originating offshore, and
  - (2) **Are located above the Arctic Circle.**
- (b) The term Arctic offshore projects as used in [§ 589.205](/cfr/31/589.205.md) does not apply to horizontal drilling operations originating onshore where such drilling operations extend under the seabed to areas above the Arctic Circle.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C. 8901-8910, 8921-8930; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 115-44, 131 Stat. 886 (codified in scattered sections of 22 U.S.C.); E.O. 13660, 79 FR 13493, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 226; E.O. 13661, 79 FR 15535, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 229; E.O. 13662, 79 FR 16169, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 233; E.O. 13685, 79 FR 77357, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 313., E.O. 13849, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 875, E.O. 14065, 87 FR 10293, 3 CFR, 2022 Comp., p. 340.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 26099, May 2, 2022, unless otherwise noted.