# Ocean Energy Management Bureau — the long-form archive

Everything Ocean Energy Management Bureau has published while this archive has been running: 4 documents across 3 days, oldest first.

Coverage begins on 2026-08-17, which is when this archive started holding Federal Register
issues — not when the agency started publishing. Anything earlier is absent from this page and
its absence is not evidence.

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## 17 August 2026 — 1 document

> The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published a notice proposing renewal of an information collection for negotiated noncompetitive agreements concerning outer continental shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources.

- **Notice** [Agency Information Collection Activities; Negotiated Noncompetitive Agreements for the Use of Outer Continental Shelf Sand, Gravel, and/or Shell Resources](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/17/2026-16684/agency-information-collection-activities-negotiated-noncompetitive-agreements-for-the-use-of-outer) · `2026-16684`

## 18 August 2026 — 2 documents

> The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published notices announcing the availability of Official Protraction Diagrams for the Northern Mariana Islands Outer Continental Shelf and a Proposed Leasing Notice for Pacific Mineral Lease Sale 2.

- **Notice** [Notice of Availability of Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/18/2026-16840/notice-of-availability-of-outer-continental-shelf-official-protraction-diagrams) · `2026-16840`
- **Notice** [Notice of Availability of the Proposed Leasing Notice for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Outer Continental Shelf Pacific Mineral Lease Sale 2 (PACM-2)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/18/2026-16839/notice-of-availability-of-the-proposed-leasing-notice-for-the-commonwealth-of-the-northern-mariana) · `2026-16839`

## 21 August 2026 — 1 document

> The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published a notice proposing a new information collection request for applications to bid on or operate ocean leases or grants.

- **Notice** [Agency Information Collection Activities; Application To Be Recognized as Qualified To Bid On, Hold, or Operate a Lease or Grant on the OCS in Accordance With the Requirements of 30 CFR 556, Subpart D](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/21/2026-17149/agency-information-collection-activities-application-to-be-recognized-as-qualified-to-bid-on-hold-or) · `2026-17149`

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