NTL 1998-G07 - Procedures Regarding Activities Conducted Under An Approved Plan - August 10, 1998

This notice supersedes Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) 97-10, dated April 8, 1997, and updates the cited regulatory authorities and includes a statement regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. By guideline letter dated November 5, 1993, the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (GOMR), among other things, established procedures requiring that a supplemental Exploration Plan, Development Operations Coordination Document, or Development and Production Plan be submitted in all cases where an applicant seeks the approval of the drilling of a well or the installation of a platform, and where more than three years since the planned starting date of that activity stated in the approved plan have elapsed. The GOMR established these procedures, in part, to provide a mechanism to ensure that sufficient lease bond coverage was in place, particularly in those cases where lease operatorship had changed. Although the GOMR has granted exceptions to these procedures, they have remained in effect since that time.