{"abstract":"This rule proposes to modify the start date for the 50-year proprietary term for geophysical data, and the start date for the 25- year proprietary term for geophysical information that MMS acquires pursuant to a permit issued under 30 CFR part 251. We propose to change the start of the proprietary terms from the date the data and information are submitted to the date the permit is issued. Although the lengths of the proprietary terms do not change, the net result is the total length of time that geophysical data and information, selected and retained by MMS, are held by MMS before public release will be less than under current practice. In addition, the rule would clarify that geological data and information, acquired under part 251 and submitted to MMS under part 250, retain proprietary terms under part 251. The rule also expands language that allows selective inspection of G&G data and information that MMS acquires under parts 250 and 251, and uses for specified purposes, by only those persons with a direct interest in related MMS decisions and issues.","action":"Notice of proposed rulemaking.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Minerals Management Service","name":"Minerals Management Service","id":289,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/minerals-management-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/289","parent_id":253,"slug":"minerals-management-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2002/07/17/02-17880.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":250,"title":30},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":251,"title":30}],"citation":"67 FR 46942","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2002-09-16","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will consider all comments received by September 16, 2002. We will begin reviewing comments then and may not fully consider comments we receive after September 16, 2002.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"02-17880","effective_on":null,"end_page":46945,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2002/07/17/02-17880.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/07/17/02-17880/oil-and-gas-and-sulphur-operations-in-the-outer-continental-shelf-geological-and-geophysical-gandg","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/02-17880?publication_date=2002-07-17","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2002-07-17/02-17880/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":23,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-07-17/pdf/02-17880.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2002-07-17","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2002/07/17/02-17880.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1010-AC81":{"issue":"200404","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1010-AC81/proprietary-terms-and-data-disclosure","title":"Proprietary Terms and Data Disclosure","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200404&RIN=1010-AC81&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1010-AC81"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":46942,"subtype":null,"title":"Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf; Geological and Geophysical (G&G) Explorations of the Outer Continental Shelf-Proprietary Terms and Data Disclosure","toc_doc":"Geological and geophysical explorations; proprietary terms and data disclosure","toc_subject":"Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:","topics":["Continental shelf","Freedom of information","Minerals Management Service","Public lands-mineral resources","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Research","Sulfur"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":67}