grams approved under sections 402 and 
404 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 and 
1344)) in a total amount that is equal to 
more than $10,000,000; and 
‘‘(v) was not assessed, did not enter 
into an agreement to pay, and was not oth-
erwise required to pay, civil penalties and 
criminal fines for violations the person was 
found to have committed under the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) (includ-
ing State plans approved under section 
110 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7410)) in a 
total amount that is equal to more than 
$10,000,000. 
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that a certification made under paragraph (1) 
is false, the Secretary shall cancel any lease, ease-
ment, or right of way and shall revoke any permit 
with respect to which the certification was required 
under such paragraph. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF RELATED PERSON.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘related person’ 
includes a parent, subsidiary, affiliate, member of 
the same controlled group, contractor, subcontractor, 
a person holding a controlling interest or in which
a controlling interest is held, and a person with sub-
stantially the same board members, senior officers, 
or investors.’’. 
(c) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE 
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.—Section 8(p) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘1501 
et seq.),’’, and by striking ‘‘or other appli-
cable law,’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (D) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(D) use, for energy-related purposes, fa-
cilities currently or previously used for activities 
authorized under this Act, except that any oil 
and gas energy-related uses shall not be author-
ized in areas in which oil and gas preleasing, 
leasing, and related activities are prohibited by 
a moratorium.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)—
(i) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘coordination’’ and inserting ‘‘in consulta-
tion’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (J)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘a potential site for an alternative en-
ergy facility,’’ after ‘‘deepwater port,’’. 
(2) NONCOMPETITIVE
ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY 
LEASE OPTIONS.—Section 8(p)(3) of such Act (43 
U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) 
COMPETITIVE
OR
NONCOMPETITIVE 
BASIS.—Any lease, easement, right-of-way, or other 
authorization granted under paragraph (1) shall be 
issued on a competitive basis, unless— 
‘‘(A) the lease, easement, right-of-way, or 
other authorization relates to a project that 
meets the criteria established under section 
388(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (43 
U.S.C. 1337 note; Public Law 109–58); 
‘‘(B) the lease, easement, right-of-way, or 
other authorization— 
‘‘(i) is for the placement and oper-
ation of a meteorological or marine data 
collection facility; and 
‘‘(ii) has a term of not more than 5 
years; or
‘‘(C) the Secretary determines, after pro-
viding public notice of a proposed lease, ease-
ment, right-of-way, or other authorization, that 
no competitive interest exists.’’. 
(d) REVIEW OF IMPACTS OF LEASE SALES ON THE 
MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT BY SECRETARY.— 
Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end of sub-
section (a) the following: 
‘‘(9) At least 60 days prior to any lease sale, 
the Secretary shall request a review by the Secretary 
of Commerce of the proposed sale with respect to 
impacts on the marine and coastal environment. The 
Secretary of Commerce shall complete and submit in 
writing the results of that review within 60 days 
after receipt of the Secretary of the Interior’s re-
quest. If the Secretary of Commerce makes specific 
recommendations related to a proposed lease sale to 
reduce impacts on the marine and coastal environ-
ment, and the Secretary rejects or modifies such rec-
ommendations, the Secretary shall provide in writing 
justification for rejecting or modifying such rec-
ommendations.’’. 
(e) LIMITATION ON LEASE TRACT SIZE.—Section 
8(b)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1337(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, unless the 
Secretary finds that a larger area is necessary to comprise 
a reasonable economic production unit’’. 
(f) SULPHUR LEASES.—Section 8(i) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(i)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘meet the urgent need’’ and inserting 
‘‘allow’’. 
(g) TERMS AND PROVISIONS.—Section 8(b) of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(b)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘An oil and gas lease issued pursu-
ant to this section shall’’ and inserting ‘‘An oil and gas 
lease may be issued pursuant to this section only if the 
Secretary determines that activities under the lease are 
not likely to result in any condition described in section 
5(a)(2)(A)(i), and shall’’. 
SEC. 207. DISPOSITION OF REVENUES. 
Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 9. DISPOSITION OF REVENUES. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsections 
(b), (c), and (d), all rentals, royalties, and other sums paid 
to the Secretary or the Secretary of the Navy under any 
lease on the outer Continental Shelf for the period from 
June 5, 1950, to date, and thereafter shall be deposited
in the Treasury of the United States and credited to mis-
cellaneous receipts. 
‘‘(b) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—Ef-
fective for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
$900,000,000 of the amounts referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States 
and credited to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
These sums shall be available to the Secretary, without 
further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for carrying 
out the purposes of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.). 
‘‘(c) HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND.—Effective for 
fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
$150,000,000 of the amounts referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States 
and credited to the Historic Preservation Fund. These 
sums shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for carrying out the 
purposes of the National Historic Preservation Fund Act 
of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). 
‘‘(d) OCEAN RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND AS-
SISTANCE FUND.—Effective for each fiscal year 2011 and 
thereafter, 10 percent of the amounts referred to in sub-
section (a) shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States and credited to the Ocean Resources Con-
servation and Assistance Fund established by the Consoli-
dated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010. 
These sums shall be available to the Secretary, subject to 
appropriation, for carrying out the purposes of section 605 
of the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources 
Act of 2010. 
‘‘(e) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section 
shall decrease the amount any State shall receive pursuant 
to section 8(g) of this Act or section 105 of the Gulf of 
Mexico Energy Security Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 note).’’. 
SEC. 208. EXPLORATION PLANS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON HARM FROM AGENCY EXPLO-
RATION.—Section 11(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘, which do not interfere with or endanger actual oper-
ations under any lease maintained or granted pursuant to 
this Act, and which are not unduly harmful to aquatic life 
in such area’’ and inserting ‘‘if a permit authorizing such 
activity is issued by the Secretary under subsection (g)’’. 
(b) EXPLORATION PLAN REVIEW.—Section 11(c) of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1340(c)), is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before the first sentence;
(2) in paragraph (1)(A), as designated by the 
amendment made by paragraph (1) of this sub-
section— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and the provisions of such 
lease’’ and inserting ‘‘the provisions of such 
lease, and other applicable environmental and 
natural resource conservation laws’’; and 
(B) by striking the fourth sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall approve such 
plan, as submitted or modified, within 90 days 
after its submission and it is made publicly ac-
cessible by the Secretary, or within such addi-
tional time as the Secretary determines is nec-
essary to complete any environmental, safety, or 
other reviews, if the Secretary determines 
that— 
‘‘(i) any proposed activity under such 
plan is not likely to result in any condition 
described in section 5(a)(2)(A)(i); 
‘‘(ii) the plan complies with other ap-
plicable environmental or natural resource 
conservation laws; 
‘‘(iii) in the case of geophysical sur-
veys, the applicant will use the best avail-
able technologies and methods to minimize 
impacts on marine life; and 
‘‘(iv) the applicant has demonstrated 
the capability and technology to respond 
immediately and effectively to a worst-case 
oil spill in real-world conditions in the area 
of the proposed activity.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) If the Secretary requires greater than 90 
days to review an exploration plan submitted pursu-
ant to any oil and gas lease issued or maintained 
under this Act, then the Secretary may provide for 
a suspension of that lease pursuant to section 5 
until the review of the exploration plan is com-
pleted.’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 11(c) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340(c), is 
amended by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) An exploration plan submitted under this 
subsection shall include, in the degree of detail that 
the Secretary may by regulation require— 
‘‘(A) a schedule of anticipated exploration 
activities to be undertaken;
‘‘(B) a detailed and accurate description of 
equipment to be used for such activities, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) a description of each drilling unit; 
‘‘(ii) a statement of the design and 
condition of major safety-related pieces of 
equipment, including independent third 
party certification of such equipment; and 
‘‘(iii) a description of any new tech-
nology to be used; 
‘‘(C) a map showing the location of each 
well to be drilled; 
‘‘(D) a scenario for the potential blowout 
of the well involving the highest potential vol-
ume of liquid hydrocarbons, along with a com-
plete description of a response plan to both con-
trol the blowout and manage the accompanying 
discharge of hydrocarbons, including the likeli-
hood for surface intervention to stop the blow-
out, the availability of a rig to drill a relief well, 
an estimate of the time it would take to drill a 
relief well, a description of other technology 
that may be used to regain control of the well 
or capture escaping hydrocarbons and the po-
tential timeline for using that technology for its
intended purpose, and the strategy, organiza-
tion, and resources necessary to avoid harm to 
the environment from hydrocarbons; 
‘‘(E) an analysis of the potential impacts 
of the worst-case-scenario discharge of hydro-
carbons on the marine, coastal, and human en-
vironments for activities conducted pursuant to 
the proposed exploration plan; and 
‘‘(F) such other information deemed perti-
nent by the Secretary.’’. 
(d) DRILLING PERMITS.—Section 11(d) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340(d)) is 
amended by to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) DRILLING PERMITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, by 
regulation, require that any lessee operating under 
an approved exploration plan obtain a permit prior 
to drilling any well in accordance with such plan, 
and prior to any significant modification of the well 
design as originally approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ENGINEERING
REVIEW
REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary may not grant any drilling permit or 
modification of the permit prior to completion of a 
full engineering review of the well system, including 
a determination that critical safety systems, includ-
ing blowout prevention, will utilize best available 
technology and that blowout prevention systems will 
include redundancy and remote triggering capability. 
‘‘(3) OPERATOR SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
MANAGEMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall not 
grant any drilling permit or modification of the per-
mit prior to completion of a safety and environ-
mental management plan to be utilized by the oper-
ator during all well operations.’’. 
(e) EXPLORATION PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
tion 11(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1340(g)) is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘shall be issued’’ and inserting 
‘‘may be issued’’; 
(2) inserting ‘‘and after consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce,’’ after ‘‘in accordance with 
regulations issued by the Secretary’’; 
(3) striking the ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); 
(4) in paragraph (3) striking ‘‘will not be un-
duly harmful to’’ and inserting ‘‘is not likely to 
harm’’; 
(5) striking the period at the end of paragraph 
(3) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(6) adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) the exploration will be conducted in ac-
cordance with other applicable environmental and 
natural resource conservation laws; 
‘‘(5) in the case of geophysical surveys, the ap-
plicant will use the best available technologies and 
methods to minimize impacts on marine life; and 
‘‘(6) in the case of drilling operations, the appli-
cant has available oil spill response and clean-up 
equipment and technology that has been dem-
onstrated to be capable of effectively remediating a 
worst-case release of oil.’’. 
(f) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
OF PLANS; DEEP-
WATER PLAN; PLAN DISAPPROVAL.—Section 11 of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF PLANS.—The Sec-
retary shall treat the approval of an exploration plan, or 
a significant revision of such a plan, as an agency action 
requiring preparation of an environmental assessment or 
environmental impact statement in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.), and shall require that such plan— 
‘‘(1) be based on the best available technology 
to ensure safety in carrying out both the drilling of 
the well and any oil spill response; and
‘‘(2) contain a technical systems analysis of the 
safety of the proposed activity, the blowout preven-
tion technology, and the blowout and spill response 
plans. 
‘‘(j) DISAPPROVAL OF PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall dis-
approve the plan if the Secretary determines, be-
cause of exceptional geological conditions in the 
lease areas, exceptional resource values in the ma-
rine or coastal environment, or other exceptional cir-
cumstances, that— 
‘‘(A) implementation of the plan would 
probably cause serious harm or damage to life 
(including fish and other aquatic life), to prop-
erty, to any mineral deposits (in areas leased or 
not leased), to the national security or defense, 
or to the marine, coastal, or human environ-
ments; 
‘‘(B) the threat of harm or damage will 
not disappear or decrease to an acceptable ex-
tent within a reasonable period of time; and 
‘‘(C) the advantages of disapproving the 
plan outweigh the advantages of exploration. 
‘‘(2) CANCELLATION
OF
LEASE
FOR
DIS-
APPROVAL OF PLAN.—If a plan is disapproved under
this subsection, the Secretary may cancel such lease 
in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 209. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PROGRAM. 
Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) in the second sentence by 
striking ‘‘meet national energy needs’’ and inserting 
‘‘balance national energy needs and the protection of 
the marine and coastal environment and all the re-
sources in that environment,’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘considers’’ 
and inserting ‘‘gives equal consideration to’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘existing’’ and inserting 
‘‘the best available scientific’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including at least three 
consecutive years of data’’ after ‘‘information’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)(2)(D), by inserting ‘‘po-
tential and existing sites of renewable energy instal-
lations,’’ after ‘‘deepwater ports,’’; 
(5) in subsection (a)(2)(H), by inserting ‘‘in-
cluding the availability of infrastructure to support 
oil spill response’’ before the period; 
(6) in subsection (a)(3), by—
(A) striking ‘‘to the maximum extent prac-
ticable,’’; 
(B) striking ‘‘obtain a proper balance be-
tween’’ and inserting ‘‘minimize’’; and 
(C) striking ‘‘damage,’’ and all that follows 
through the period and inserting ‘‘damage and 
adverse impacts on the marine, coastal, and 
human environments, and enhancing the poten-
tial for the discovery of oil and gas.’’; 
(7) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘environ-
mental, marine, and energy’’ after ‘‘obtain’’; 
(8) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘environ-
mental, marine, and’’ after ‘‘interpret the’’; 
(9) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(10) by striking the period at the end of sub-
section (b)(4) and inserting a semicolon; 
(11) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) provide technical review and oversight of 
exploration plans and a systems review of the safety 
of well designs and other operational decisions; 
‘‘(6) conduct regular and thorough safety re-
views and inspections; and
‘‘(7) enforce all applicable laws and regula-
tions.’’; 
(12) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(1), 
by inserting ‘‘the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and’’ after ‘‘including’’; 
(13) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) by inserting after the first sentence the 
following: ‘‘The Secretary shall also submit a 
copy of such proposed program to the head of 
each Federal agency referred to in, or that oth-
erwise provided suggestions under, paragraph 
(1).’’; 
(B) in the third sentence, by inserting ‘‘or 
head of a Federal agency’’ after ‘‘such Gov-
ernor’’; and 
(C) in the fourth sentence, by inserting ‘‘or 
between the Secretary and the head of a Fed-
eral agency,’’ after ‘‘affected State,’’; 
(14) by redesignating subsection (c)(3) as sub-
section (c)(4) and by inserting before subsection 
(c)(4) (as so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(3) At least 60 days prior to the publication of a 
proposed leasing program under this section, the Sec-
retary shall request a review by the Secretary of Com-
merce of the proposed leasing program with respect to im-
pacts on the marine and coastal environments. If the Sec-
retary rejects or modifies any of the recommendations 
made by the Secretary of Commerce concerning the loca-
tion, timing, or conduct of leasing activities under the pro-
posed leasing program, the Secretary shall provide in writ-
ing justification for rejecting or modifying such rec-
ommendations.’’. 
(15) in the second sentence of subsection 
(d)(2), by inserting ‘‘, the head of a Federal agen-
cy,’’ after ‘‘Attorney General’’; 
(16) in subsection (g), by inserting after the 
first sentence the following: ‘‘Such information may 
include existing inventories and mapping of marine 
resources previously undertaken by the Department 
of the Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, information provided by the 
Department of Defense, and other available data re-
garding energy or mineral resource potential, navi-
gation uses, fisheries, aquaculture uses, recreational 
uses, habitat, conservation, and military uses on the 
outer Continental Shelf.’’; and 
(17) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(i) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary 
shall carry out a program of research and development
to ensure the continued improvement of methodologies for 
characterizing resources of the outer Continental Shelf 
and conditions that may affect the ability to develop and 
use those resources in a safe, sound, and environmentally 
responsible manner. Such research and development ac-
tivities may include activities to provide accurate estimates 
of energy and mineral reserves and potential on the Outer 
Continental Shelf and any activities that may assist in fill-
ing gaps in environmental data needed to develop each 
leasing program under this section.’’. 
SEC. 210. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. 
(a) INFORMATION NEEDED FOR ASSESSMENT AND 
MANAGEMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.—Section 
20 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1346) is amended by striking so much as precedes ‘‘of 
any area’’ in subsection (a)(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 20. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. 
‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of Commerce, shall conduct a study no less than 
once every three years’’. 
(b) IMPACTS OF DEEP WATER SPILLS.—Section 20 
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1346) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
(d) through (g); and
(2) inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary shall conduct research to identify 
and reduce data gaps related to impacts of deepwater hy-
drocarbon spills, including— 
‘‘(1) effects to benthic substrate communities 
and species; 
‘‘(2) water column habitats and species; 
‘‘(3) surface and coastal impacts from spills 
originating in deep waters; and 
‘‘(4) the use of dispersants.’’. 
SEC. 211. SAFETY REGULATIONS. 
Section 21 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1347) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Upon the 
date of enactment of this section,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Within 6 months after the date of enactment of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 
2010 and every three years thereafter,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b) by— 
(A) striking ‘‘for the artificial islands, in-
stallations, and other devices referred to in sec-
tion 4(a)(1) of’’ and inserting ‘‘under’’; 
(B) striking ‘‘which the Secretary deter-
mines to be economically feasible’’; and
(C) adding at the end ‘‘Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amend-
ments of 2010 and every 3 years thereafter, the 
Secretary shall, in consultation with the Outer 
Continental Shelf Safety and Environmental 
Advisory Board established under title I of the 
Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Re-
sources Act of 2010, identify and publish an 
updated list of (1) the best available tech-
nologies for key areas of well design and oper-
ation, including blowout prevention and blowout 
and oil spill response and (2) technology needs 
for which the Secretary intends to identify best 
available technologies in the future.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) SAFETY CASE.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act Amendments of 2010, the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate regulations requiring a safety case be submitted 
along with each new application for a permit to drill on 
the outer Continental Shelf. Not later than 5 years after 
the date final regulations promulgated under this sub-
section go into effect, and not less than every 5 years 
thereafter, the Secretary shall enter into an arrangement
with the National Academy of Engineering to conduct a 
study to assess the effectiveness of these regulations and 
to recommend improvements in their administration. 
‘‘(h) OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND RISK 
ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a program of research, development, and risk as-
sessment to address technology and development 
issues associated with exploration for, and develop-
ment and production of, energy and mineral re-
sources on the outer Continental Shelf, with the pri-
mary purpose of informing its role relating to safety, 
environmental protection, and spill response. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
FOCUS
AREAS.—The program 
under this subsection shall include research and de-
velopment related to— 
‘‘(A) risk assessment, using all available 
data from safety and compliance records both 
within the United States and internationally; 
‘‘(B) analysis of industry trends in tech-
nology, investment, and frontier areas; 
‘‘(C) reviews of best available technologies, 
including those associated with pipelines, blow-
out preventer mechanisms, casing, well design,
and other associated infrastructure related to 
offshore energy development; 
‘‘(D) oil spill response and mitigation, in-
cluding reviews of the best available technology 
for oil spill response and mitigation and the 
availability and accessibility of such technology 
in each region where leasing is taking place; 
‘‘(E) risk associated with human factors; 
‘‘(F) technologies and methods to reduce 
the impact of geophysical exploration activities 
on marine life; and 
‘‘(G) renewable energy operations.’’. 
SEC. 212. ENFORCEMENT OF SAFETY AND ENVIRON-
MENTAL REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 22 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1348) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) INSPECTIONS.—The Secretary and the Secretary 
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 
shall individually, or jointly if they so agree, promulgate 
regulations to provide for— 
‘‘(1) scheduled onsite inspection, at least once a 
year, of each facility on the outer Continental Shelf 
which is subject to any environmental or safety regu-
lation promulgated pursuant to this Act, which in-
spection shall include all safety equipment designed 
to prevent or ameliorate blowouts, fires, spillages, or 
other major accidents; 
‘‘(2) scheduled onsite inspection, at least once a 
month, of each facility on the outer Continental 
Shelf engaged in drilling operations and which is 
subject to any environmental or safety regulation 
promulgated pursuant to this Act, which inspection 
shall include validation of the safety case required 
for the facility under section 21(g) and identifica-
tions of deviations from the safety case, and shall in-
clude all safety equipment designed to prevent or 
ameliorate blowouts, fires, spillages, or other major 
accidents; 
‘‘(3) periodic onsite inspection without advance 
notice to the operator of such facility to assure com-
pliance with such environmental or safety regula-
tions; and 
‘‘(4) periodic audits of each required safety and 
environmental management plan, and any associated 
safety case, both with respect to their implementa-
tion at each facility on the outer Continental Shelf 
for which such a plan or safety case is required and
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(7) PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION.—The Pacific Is-
lands Coordination Region, which shall consist of the 
coastal waters and Exclusive Economic Zone adja-
cent to the State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, 
and Guam. 
(8) CARIBBEAN REGION.—The Caribbean Co-
ordination Region, which shall consist of the coastal 
waters and Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to 
Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. 
(9) GREAT LAKES REGION.—The Great Lakes 
Coordination Region, which shall consist of waters of 
the Great Lakes in the States of Illinois, Indiana, 
Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, and Wisconsin. 
SEC. 602. REGIONAL COORDINATION COUNCILS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Council on 
Environmental Quality, in consultation with the affected 
coastal States and affected Indian tribes, shall establish 
or designate a Regional Coordination Council for each of 
the Coordination Regions designated by section 601(c). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) FEDERAL
REPRESENTATIVES.—Within 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the