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30 CFR §580.71

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We will release data and information that you or a third party submits and we retain according to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
  1. (a)If the data and information are not related to a deep stratigraphic test, we will release them to the public according to items (1), (2), and (3) in the following table:
  2. (b)This paragraph applies if you are covered by paragraph (a)(4) of this section and a lease sale is held or a noncompetitive agreement is negotiated after you complete a test well. We will release the data and information related to the deep stratigraphic test at the earlier of the following times:
    1. (1)Twenty-five years after you complete the test; or
    2. (2)Sixty calendar days after we issue a lease, located partly or totally within 50 geographic miles (92.7 kilometers) of the test.