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 92 STAT. 664 43 USC 1333. 43 USC 1352.

PUBLIC LAW 95-372—SEPT. 18, 1978 to the State of Florida, as determined pursuant to section 4(a)(2) of this Act. "SEC. 26. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS INFORMATION

PROGRAM.—(a)(1)(A) Any lessee or permittee conducting any exploration for, or development or production of, oil or gas pursuant to this Act shall provide the Secretary access to all data and information (including processed, analyzed, and interpreted information) obtained from such activity and shall provide copies of such data and informaRegulations. tion as the Secretary may request. Such data and information shall be provided in accordance with regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe. " (B) If an interpretation provided pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph is made in good faith by the lessee or permittee, such lessee or permittee shall not be held responsible for any consequence of the use of or reliance upon such interpretation. "(C) Whenever any data and information is provided to the Secretary, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph— "(i) by a lessee, in the form and manner of processing which is utilized by such lessee in the normal conduct of his business, the Secretary shall pay the reasonable cost of reproducing such data and information; "(ii) by a lessee, in such other form and manner of processing as the Secretary may request, the Secretary shall pay the reasonable cost of processing and reproducing such data and information; "(iii) by a permittee, in the form and manner of processing which is utilized by such permittee in the normal conduct of his business, the Secretary shall pay such permittee the reasonable cost of reproducing such data and information for the Secretary and shall pay at the lowest rate available to any purchaser for processing such data and information the costs attributable to such >• • processing; and "(iv) by a permittee, in such other form and manner of processing as the Secretary may request, the Secretary shall pay such permittee the reasonable cost of processing and reproducing such data and information for the Secretary, pursuant to such regulations as he may prescribe. "(2) Each Federal department and agency shall provide the Secretary with any data obtained by such Federal department or agency 43 USC 1340. pursuant to section 11 of this Act, and any other information which may be necessary or useful to assist him in carrying out the provisions of this Act. "(b)(1) Data and information provided to the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be processed, analyzed, and interpreted by the Secretary for purposes of carrying out his duties under this Act. Data, submittal to " (2) As soon as practicable after information provided to the SecState and local retary pursuant to subsection (a) of this section is processed, analyzed, governments. and interpreted, the Secretary shall make available to the affected States, and upon request, to any affected local government, a summary of data designed to assist them in planning for the onshore impacts of possible oil and gas development and production. Such summary shall include estimates of (A) the oil and gas reserves in areas leased or to be leased, (B) the size and timing of development if and when oil or

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