Sec. 185. Authority to conduct offshore drilling under approved permits
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Subject to subsection (b), each holder of a permit issued pursuant to an application for a permit to drill, including an application for a permit to sidetrack, that was approved by the Minerals Management Service before May 3, 2010, for purposes of outer Continental Shelf energy exploration or development and production may conduct all operations authorized under the terms of the permit (including all exploration plans, development operations coordination documents, and development production plans submitted for the permit)— without further review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; and without further review or delay under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) or any other similar statutes, including the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. ) or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ).
Operations conducted under subsection
(a)shall be carried out in accordance with the safety protocols contained in part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations. This section does not prohibit review of compliance with the terms of such a permit.
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