# Postlease Operations Safety
> **Bureau of Ocean Energy Management** · Final rule. · Published 1999-12-28 · Effective 2000-01-27 · 64 FR 72756
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-31869
- **Category:** offshore-energy
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 72756
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 218
- **Publication date:** 1999-12-28
- **Effective date:** 2000-01-27
## Abstract

This rule: Updates and clarifies requirements related to postlease operations and stresses diligence; Allows MMS to grant a right-of-use and easement for an Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leased or unleased block to a State lessee; Brings uniformity to the public release time for all proprietary geophysical data and information gathered under prelease; Clarifies the distinction between granting and directing a suspension, and the different consequences of each; Requires evacuation statistics for natural occurrences; Sets out criteria to disqualify an operator with repeated poor operating performance from continuing as designated operator; and Allows operators the opportunity to propose alternative regulatory approaches if they can demonstrate an equal or higher level of performance.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/12/28/99-31869/postlease-operations-safety)
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