Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

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United States federal agency government organization

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is a U.S. federal agency responsible for overseeing offshore energy operations to ensure safety, environmental protection, and conservation of resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs	1
Oil Spill Preparedness Division	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency ⓘ government organization ⓘ
abbreviation	BSEE ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ surface form: Environmental Protection Agency United States Coast Guard ⓘ surface form: U.S. Coast Guard
conducts	incident investigations for offshore operations ⓘ offshore facility inspections ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
develops	offshore safety and environmental management policies ⓘ
enforces	offshore environmental regulations ⓘ offshore safety regulations ⓘ
hasDivision	Office of Administration ⓘ Office of Enforcement ⓘ Office of Environmental Compliance ⓘ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oil Spill Preparedness Division
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
implements	offshore Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) regulations ⓘ
inception	2011 ⓘ
issues	Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis	Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ⓘ surface form: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (as amended)
mission	to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement ⓘ
monitors	blowout preventer safety and performance ⓘ
operatesOn	U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ surface form: United States Outer Continental Shelf
oversees	offshore oil and gas operations ⓘ offshore renewable energy safety and enforcement (in coordination with other agencies) ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
partOf	reorganization of offshore energy oversight after Deepwater Horizon oil spill ⓘ
region	Alaska Region ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Mexico Region Pacific Region ⓘ
regulates	offshore drilling operations ⓘ offshore pipelines (safety and environmental aspects) ⓘ offshore production facilities ⓘ
replaced	Office of Natural Resources Revenue ⓘ surface form: Minerals Management Service (safety and enforcement functions)
responsibleFor	conservation of offshore natural resources ⓘ environmental protection in offshore energy activities ⓘ offshore energy operations oversight ⓘ safety of offshore energy operations ⓘ
subjectTo	oversight by United States Congress ⓘ
supervises	offshore oil spill preparedness and response planning ⓘ
typeOfRegulator	environmental enforcement agency for offshore energy ⓘ offshore safety regulator ⓘ
uses	civil penalties to enforce compliance ⓘ
website	https://www.bsee.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BSEE → fullName → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement → hasDivision → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement → hasDivision → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oil Spill Preparedness Division

United States Department of the Interior → hasPart → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Department of the Interior headquarters → hasTenant → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act → implementedBy → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Office of Administration → isInternalTo → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) → issuedBy → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

USDOI → oversees → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Department of the Interior

Office of Enforcement → parentAgency → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Office of Administration → parentOrganization → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Office of Environmental Compliance → parentOrganization → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Office of Administration → partOf → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Office of Enforcement → partOf → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Office of Environmental Compliance → partOf → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Office of Administration → serviceFor → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Office of Administration → supportsMissionOf → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management → worksWith → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ