Listed below is the BOEM Manual of internal regulations, containing policy, procedures, and responsibilities of the Office of the Director, Office of Renewable Energy Programs, Office of Environmental Programs, and the Office of Strategic Resources. All administrative directives, i.e. manual chapters and Interim Policy Documents that governed the Mineral Management Service/Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, remain effective until stated to the contrary. BOEM will follow these procedures until they are superseded by official BOEM directives. All document links are to PDF files.
ORGANIZATION SERIES (Parts 100-101)
Organization Management (101)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Organization Changes | 101.1 | 1 | 01-30-2013 |
DELEGATION SERIES (Parts 200-230)
Delegation Policy (200)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Redelegations | 200.1 | 2 | 04-02-2024 |
General Delegations (205)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Memorandums of Understanding | 205.25 | 1 | 04-02-2012 |
Special Redelegations (218)
Special Redelegations (220)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Minerals Revenue Management | 220.1 | 0 | 03-26-2008 |
Minerals Revenue Management Delegations – Handbook | 220.1-H | 0 | 03-26-2008 |
Special Redelegations (230)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Special Redelegations, Authority to Render Decisions on Appeals | 230.1 | 0 | 10-28-2005 |
Authority to Take Internal Review Action | 230.3 | 0 | 06-12-1989 |
ADMINISTRATIVE SERIES (Parts 300-491)
Major Program Issues and Decisions (301)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Partnership Policy | 301.5 | 0 | 05-04-2009 |
Lactation Program | 301.7 | 2 | 07-12-2022 |
Acting Officials (302)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Purpose and Guidelines | 302.1 | 1 | 04-02-2012 |
Printing and Publications | 314.2 | 0 | 10-21-1988 |
Federal Register Documents (318)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Responsibilities and General Instructions | 318.1 | 0 | 08-15-1983 |
Budget Management Business Process (328)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Budget Formulation | 328.1 | 2 | 08-29-2022 |
Budget Execution | 328.2 | 2 | 08-29-2022 |
Financial Management (330)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Reimbursement for Expenditures on Official Business | 330.1 | 2 | 07-15-2024 |
Management Accountability and Control (340)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Professional Liability Insurance Reimbursement | 340.10 | 1 | 03-28-2022 |
Cost Recovery (346)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Cost Recovery Interim Policy Document | 346.1 | 0 | 04-03-2006 |
Audit (361)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Audit Follow Up | 361.1 | 1 | 04-02-2024 |
Personnel (370)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Process for Tracking MMS Contractor Employees | 370.300.1 | 0 | 09-24-2008 |
Performance Rating Reconsideration Process | 370.300.2 | 1 | 09-13-2019 |
Remote Work | 370.300.3 | 1 | 08-25-2021 |
Employee Training and Development (370.410)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
General Provisions | 370.410.1 | 0 | 06-05-1986 |
Management and Coordination of Training | 370.410.2 | 0 | 06-05-1986 |
Establishing Training Programs | 370.410.3 | 0 | 06-05-1986 |
Interagency Training | 370.410.4 | 0 | 06-05-1986 |
Training Through Non-Government Facilities | 370.410.5 | 0 | 06-05-1986 |
Payment of Training Expenses | 370.410.6 | 0 | 06-05-1986 |
Acceptance of Contributions, Awards, and Payments From Non-Government Organizations Incident to Training | 370.410.7 | 0 | 06-05-1986 |
Attendance at Meetings | 370.410.8 | 0 | 06-05-1986 |
Individual Development Plans | 370.410.9 | 2 | 11-13-2023 |
Student Loan Repayment Benefit Program (370.537)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Student Loan Repayment Benefit Program | 370.537 | 1 | 05-16-2012 |
Compensatory Time Off for Travel (370.550.1)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Compensatory Time Off for Travel | 370.550.1 | 0 | 05-07-2009 |
Hours of Duty and Work Schedules (370.610)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Chapter 1 General Provisions | 370.610.1 | 1 | 07-06-2015 |
Chapter 2 Work Week | 370.610.2 | 1 | 07-06-2015 |
Chapter 4 Credit Hours | 370.610.4 | 1 | 07-06-2015 |
Attendance and Leave (370.630)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Chapter 1: General Provisions | 370.630.1 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Chapter 2: General Provisions for Annual and Sick Leave | 370.630.2 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Chapter 3: Annual Leave | 370.630.3 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Chapter 4: Sick Leave | 370.630.4 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Chapter 5: Court Leave | 370.630.5 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Chapter 6: Excused Absence | 370.630.6 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Chapter 7: Leave Without Pay | 370.630.7 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Chapter 8: Family and Medical Leave Act | 370.630.8 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Chapter 9: Military Leave | 370.630.9 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Employee Responsibilities and Conduct (370.735)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Conflict of Financial Interest | 370.735.2 | 0 | 08-23-1983 |
Outside Work and Activity | 370.735.23 | 0 | 10-22-2008 |
Federal Employee/Contract Employee Exit Clearance Process | 370.735.24 | 0 | 10-13-2008 |
Welfare and Recreation Organization (370.800)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Employee Associations | 370.800.1 | 1 | 02-09-2012 |
Information Resources Management (375)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
IT Life Cycle Replacement | 375.6 | 1 | 07-21-2014 |
Geospatial Data Management | 375.7 | 1 | 12-03-2024 |
Information Technology (IT) Security Program | 375.19 | 0 | 08-18-2008 |
Automated Data Processing (ADP) (376)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
ADP Policies and Responsibilities | 376.1 | 0 | 11-13-1987 |
Development of Office of Administration ADP Systems | 376.2 | 0 | 07-16-1990 |
ADP Policies and Responsibilities | 376.10 | 0 | 01-15-1988 |
Records Management (380)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Program Elements and Responsibilities | 380.1 | 1 | 03-03-2021 |
Electronic Records Management | 380.2 | 1 | 03-03-2021 |
Records Management-Handbook | 380.2 | 0 | 12-14-1989 |
Records Management-Handbook | 380.2-288 | 0 | 09-22-2003 |
Records Management Guidance for Onboarding Bureau Personnel | 380.4 | 1 | 05-11-2022 |
Records Management Guidance for Offboarding Bureau Personnel | 380.5 | 1 | 05-11-2022 |
Managing Essential Records | 380.6 | 1 | 11-22-2022 |
Reporting Unlawful or Accidental Records Loss and Destruction | 380.7 | 1 | 02-03-2023 |
Origination of Records and Information (381)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Directives Management | 381.1 | 2 | 07-15-2024 |
Preparing and Processing Directives Handbook | 381.1-H | 2 | 07-15-2024 |
Forms Management | 381.2 | 0 | 10-20-1999 |
Reports Management Program | 381.4 | 0 | 08-16-1990 |
Information Collection Requirements | 381.5 | 0 | 10-03-1984 |
Electronic Information | 381.7 | 0 | 11-20-1990 |
Records Operations (382)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Mail Management | 382.2 | 0 | 08-25-2008 |
Mail Management--Handbook | 382.2-H | 0 | 08-25-2008 |
Public Access to Records (383)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Privacy Act | 383.1 | 1 | 12-12-2011 |
FOIA | 383.15 | 1 | 12-12-2011 |
Safeguarding of Records and Information (386)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Safeguarding and Identification of Proprietary Data/Information | 386.1 | 0 | 04-14-1987 |
Standards for Marking Proprietary Data/Information | 386.2 | 0 | 04-24-1987 |
Physical Protection of Proprietary Data/Information | 386.3 | 0 | 04-24-1987 |
0 | 05-05-1995 | ||
Access, Release, and Transmittal of Proprietary Data/Information | 386.4 | 0 | 04-14-1988 |
Standards for Reproduction and Destruction of Proprietary Data/Information | 386.5 | 0 | 04-24-1987 |
Property Management (400)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Accountability and Responsibility | 400.1 | 0 | 04-03-1986 |
A User's Guide for Accountable and Custodial Property Officers--Handbook | 400.1-H | 0 | 04-25-1986 |
Procurement (404)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Advance Procurement Plan | 404.1 | 0 | 07-22-2008 |
Property Management (411)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Policy, Responsibilities, and Standards for Managing Museum Property | 411.1 | 0 | 06-01-2010 |
Space Management (425)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Space Policy, Responsibilities, and Management | 425.1 | 3 | 05-06-2022 |
Physical Protection and Building Security (444)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
General Program Requirements | 444.1 | 1 | 03-22-2016 |
Visitor Control Policy | 444.2 | 1 | 02-08-2016 |
Access Control Policy | 444.3 | 1 | 06-30-2016 |
Awards and Recognition (451)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Group Awards | 451.7 | 1 | 11/02/2020 |
Safety and Occupational Health Program (485)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Safety Policy and Responsibilities | 485.1 | 1 | 05-03-2019 |
Handbook | 485.1-H | 0 | 02-08-2008 |
Safety Management Functions | 485.2 | 0 | 12-26-1984 |
Automated External Defibrillator Program | 485.6 | 1 | 02-01-2016 |
Accident/Incident Investigations, Records, and Reports | 485.8 | 1 | 12-21-2015 |
Inspections and Abatement | 485.9 | 1 | 03-23-2015 |
Bloodborne Pathogens | 485.10 | 1 | 02-08-2016 |
BOEM Employee Safety & Occupational Health Training | 485.12 | 1 | 04-04-2016 |
Personal Protective Equipment | 485.14 | 1 | 12-26-2018 |
Regulations and Guidance Documents (491)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Procedure for Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) and Handbook for Preparing Notices to Lessees and Operators | 491.1 491-1-H | 0 | 03-13-2017 |
PROGRAM SERIES (Parts 500-800)
General Program (500)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments | 500.1 | 1 | 11-04-2016 |
Environmental Management (515)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Environmental Management Systems | 515.4 | 0 |
General Leasing and Operations (600)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Offshore Scientific and Technical Publications | 600.1 | 0 | 05-02-2000 |
Approval of Manuscript for Outside Publication | 600.2 | 0 | 05-02-2000 |
Oil and Gas Leasing Process Policy and Responsibilities | 600.3 | 1 | 09-21-2017 |
Resource Evaluation (610)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Fair Market Value | 610.1 | 0 | 10-25-2010 |
Environmental Program (620)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Archaeological Resource Protection | 620.1 | 0 | 05-21-1996 |
Archaeological Resource Protection--Handbook | 620.1-H | 0 | 05-21-1996 |
Rules and Operations (640)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Financial Accountability and Risk Management Program (FARM) | 640.1 | 0 | 07-22-2008 |
Incident Investigation and Information Management | 640.3 | 0 | 05-20-2003 |
Inspections (650)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Offshore Inspection Program | 650.1 | 0 | 08-07-2000 |
Internal Control Systems (730)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
General Policies and Responsibilities | 730.1 | 0 | 10-28-1985 |
Standards, Guidelines, and Reporting Systems | 730.2 | 0 | 10-28-1985 |
Enforcement (800)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Late Payment Charges and Assessments for Liquidated Damages | 800.1 | 0 | 01-07-1993 |
Civil and Criminal Penalties | 800.2 | 0 | 01-07-1993 |
Emergency Management Program (900)
Subject | Part/Chapter | Version No. | Release Date |
Emergency Management Policy, Functions, and Responsibilities | 900.1 | 0 | 09-30-2009 |
National Security Emergency Preparedness Administrative Series | 900.3 | 0 | 12-29-2008 |
INTERIM POLICY DOCUMENTS (IPDs)