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Interagency Collaboration and Other Partnerships

Interagency Collaboration and Other Partnerships

BSEE's responsibilities for the regulation of offshore energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) often overlap with the responsibilities and regulations of other Federal and State agencies. The Bureau works closely with these partners to ensure we approach this shared regulatory space in an efficient and consistent manner. The Bureau also leverages its limited resources through agreements with Federal and State agencies, as well as other partner entities. Examples of such non-monetary partnership agreements include Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs).

From 1982 to 2010, BSEE’s mission responsibilities were housed in our predecessor, the Mineral Management Service (MMS). MMS then, in 2010, became the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) before its functions were divided from October 2010 to October 2011 among three new agencies:  BSEE, Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM), and ONRR (Office of Natural Resource Revenue).

Listed below are those active agreements in which BSEE has a current role. Some of these agreements still bear the names of our predecessor agencies (MMS and BOEMRE) as they predate the creation of BSEE. Any agreement signed at the Departmental level will reflect U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) as a party rather than BSEE, though BSEE’s role is captured in those agreements. Please note that agreements with more than one agency signatories are listed under each agency signatory for ease of reference.

If you have any questions regarding these agreements or this webpage, please contact interagency@bsee.gov.

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