Department of the Interior
Departmental Manual
Effective Date:
3/20/06
Series: Delegation
Part 218: Minerals Management Service
Chapter 2: General Program Authority - Offshore Federal
and State Waters
Originating Office: Minerals Management Service
218 DM 2
2.1 Delegation of Authority.
The Director, Minerals Management Service, is delegated, through the
Assistant Secretary - Land and Minerals Management, the Secretary’s authority:
A. Under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act,
as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), and Section 105 of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6213) to manage and administer
programs for the leasing of minerals from, and for the issuance of leases,
easements, or rights-of-way for energy-related or other authorized
marine-related purposes across, the submerged lands of the Outer Continental
Shelf; and
B. Under sections 2(b)(3), 2(d)(3), 2(e)(3),
4(c), 5(a)(1) and 5(b)(2) of Executive Order 12777 which implement sections
311(j)(1)(C), 311(j)(5), and 311(j)(6)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act of October 18, 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1321, as amended, and sections
1004(d), 1016(e), 4202(b)(4), and 4303 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33
U.S.C. 2704, 2716, and 2716a, to manage and administer programs for: (1) oil
spill prevention and response planning; (2)
inspections of removal equipment; (3) financial responsibility requirements and
the assessment of civil penalties for the violation of financial responsibility
requirements; and (4) adjustment of limits of liability to reflect significant
increases in the Consumer Price Index, with respect to offshore facilities in
federal and state waters, including associated pipelines, other than deepwater
ports subject to the Deepwater Ports Act, and
C. Under section 31 of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1356a) to manage and administer the
program for the disbursement of $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007
through 2010 to producing states and coastal political subdivisions.
2.2 Program Activities.
The activities performed by the Minerals Management Service under the
legislation above and other directives of the Department are stated in its
organization statement (118 DM 1-7).
2.3 Limitation. The
authority granted in 218 DM 2.1 does not include authority which the Secretary
may not redelegate as set forth in 200 DM 1.
3/20/06 #3704
Replaces 12/18/01 #3389