SEC. 2. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS OIL SPILL CONTAINMENT 
AND CLEAN-UP PLANS. 
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 32. OIL SPILL CONTAINMENT AND CLEAN-UP PLANS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require, as 
a condition and term of any exploration plan or any devel-
opment and production plan submitted under this Act, 
that— 
‘‘(1) the applicant submit and implement an oil 
spill containment and clean-up plan capable of han-
dling a worst-case scenario oil spill; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency must approve the 
plan. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The plan required under para-
graph (1) shall— 
‘‘(1) address the factors of— 
‘‘(A) a continuous oil spill; 
‘‘(B) depth of an oil spill; 
‘‘(C) multiple events; 
‘‘(D) inclement weather; 
‘‘(E) changes in technology; 
‘‘(F) seafloor instability and processes; and 
‘‘(G) the formation of methane hydrates; 
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‘‘(2) address such other factors as the Secretary 
considers appropriate; 
‘‘(3) address the contingency that early at-
tempts to contain a spill may fail; 
‘‘(4) include specific redundancy mechanisms to 
contain a spill; 
‘‘(5) use best available control technology both 
to contain a spill and mitigate its environmental im-
pacts; and 
‘‘(6) demonstrate adequate technology, organi-
zation, resources, and capacity to both contain and 
to prevent shoreline contamination by a significant 
proportion of a worst-case spill, and to provide for 
long-term clean-up and remediation of the marine 
and coastal environments. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION TO EPA.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit the oil spill containment and clean-up plan to the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for 
approval, denial, or approval conditional upon modifica-
tion. The Administrator shall give approval only if the ap-
plicant has demonstrated adequate technology, organiza-
tion, resources, and capacity both to contain and to pre-
vent shoreline contamination by a significant proportion 
of a worst-case spill, and to provide for long-term clean- 
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up and remediation of the marine and coastal environ-
ments. 
‘‘(d) LEASE CANCELLATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the holder of a lease 
under this Act fails to submit an exploration plan or 
development and production plan in accordance with 
this section, or fails to implement an oil spill con-
tainment and clean-up plan approved by the Sec-
retary and the Administrator for purposes of this 
section, the Secretary may cancel the lease. 
‘‘(2) COMPENSATION
NOT
REQUIRED.—Can-
cellation of a lease under this subsection shall not 
entitle a lessee to any compensation. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—This section shall only apply 
with respect to exploration plans and development and 
production plans required under leases under this Act 
issued after the date of the enactment of the Save America 
from Environmentally Reckless Drilling Act.’’. 
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