This Final Rule implements certain safety measures recommended in the report entitled, “Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf” (Safety Measures Report) submitted to President Obama by the Department of the Interior on May 27, 2010. The President directed the Department of the Interior to develop the Safety Measures Report to identify measures necessary to improve the safety of oil and gas exploration and development on the Outer Continental Shelf in light of the Deepwater Horizon event on April 20, 2010, and resulting oil spill. Also on September 14, 2011, the former Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), published the final joint investigation report, The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Report Regarding the Causes of the April 20,2010 Macando Well Blowout (DWH JIT report) on the causes of the Deepwater Horizon incident, which