Summary: Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010 - Title I: Creation of New Department of the Interior Agencies - (Sec. 101) Establishes within the Department of the Interior a Bureau of Energy and Resource Management (BERM) to administer a comprehensive program of nonrenewable and renewable energy and mineral resources management on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and designated public lands. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to create within the Bureau an independent office programmatically separate and distinct from leasing and permitting activities to: (1) carry out certain environmental studies of the impacts on the human, marine, and coastal environments of the OCS and the coastal areas which may be affected by oil and gas or other mineral development; and (3) conducts environmental analyses for BERM programs. Instructs the BERM Director to implement programs for the collection, evaluation, assembly, analysis, and dissemination of data and information relevant to BERM duties. (Sec. 102) Establishes within the Department a Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to perform functions, powers, and duties relating to safety and environmental enforcement related to nonrenewable and renewable energy and mineral resources on the OCS, federal public lands, and in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a National Oil and Gas Health and Safety Academy to train oil and gas inspectors; (2) work with educational institutions, operators, and representatives of oil and gas workers to develop adequate programs of administrative training and continuing education of inspectors or other Department personnel; (Sec. 103) Establishes within the Department an Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) to administer all royalty and revenue management functions, powers, and duties previously assigned to the Minerals Management Service. (Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary to certify annually that all Department personnel having regular, direct contact with lessees and operators as a function of their official duties are in full compliance with federal employee ethics laws and regulations. (Sec. 106) Abolishes the Minerals Management Service. (Sec. 108) Directs the Secretary to establish an Outer Continental Shelf Safety and Environmental Advisory Board, to provide independent scientific and technical advice on safe and environmentally compliant nonrenewable and renewable energy and mineral resource exploration, development, and production activities. (Sec. 109) States that nothing in this title shall delay development of ocean renewable energy resource facilities, including: (1) offshore wind development; (2) planning, leasing, licensing, and fee and royalty collection for such development; and (3) the leasing and licensing process for ocean renewable energy resource facilities. Title II: Federal Oil and Gas Development - Subtitle A: Safety, Environmental, and Financial Reform of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act - Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 2010 - (Sec. 203) Revises the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) regarding: (1) jurisdiction of laws on the OCS; (2) regulatory standards governing blowout preventers, well design, and cementing programs; (3) procedures and regular testing of the emergency backup control systems before commencement of drilling operations; (4) independent third-party certification requirements; and (5) submission of state regulatory regimes. (Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary to: (1) review periodically the minimum financial responsibility requirements for leases; and (2) implement a comprehensive review of all components of the federal offshore oil and gas fiscal system. Requires a certification of responsible stewardship meeting specified due diligence, safety, and environmental requirements as a prerequisite for submission of bids or requests for leases, easements, rights-of-way, or drilling permits. Requires the Secretary, at least 60 days before any lease sale, to request a review by the Secretary of Commerce regarding any impacts on the marine and coastal environment of the proposed sale. (Sec. 207) Requires all sums paid either to the Secretary of the Interior or to the Secretary of the Navy under any OCS lease between June 5, 1950, and the enactment of this Act to be deposited in the Treasury and credited to miscellaneous receipts in specified allocations to: (1) the Land and Water Conservation Fund, (2) the Ocean Resources Conservation and Assistance Fund, and (3) the Historic Preservation Fund. (Sec. 208) Modifies the process for approving OCS geological and geophysical exploration plans. Requires approval of a plan within 90 days (currently 30 days) after its submission if certain criteria are met. Requires a plan to include a scenario for the potential blowout of the well involving the highest potential volume of liquid hydrocarbons, along with a complete description of a response plan to both control the blowout and to manage the accompanying discharge of hydrocarbons, including the likelihood for surface intervention to stop the blowout, the availability of a rig to drill a relief well, an estimate of the time it would take to drill a relief well, a description of other technology to regain control of the well or capture escaping hydrocarbons and the potential timeline for using that technology for its intended purpose, and the strategy, organization, and resources necessary to avoid harm to the environment and human health from hydrocarbons. Requires a plan also to analyze the potential impacts of the worst-case-scenario discharge of hydrocarbons upon marine, coastal, and human environments. Directs the Secretary to require that any lessee operating under an approved exploration plan obtain a permit before: (1) drilling any well in accordance with the plan; and (2) any significant modification of the well design as originally approved by the Secretary. Prohibits the Secretary from granting any drilling permit or modification of the permit before completion of: (1) a full engineering review of the well system, including a determination that critical safety systems, including blowout prevention, will utilize best available technology and include redundancy and remote triggering capability; or (2) a safety and environmental management plan that will be utilized by the operator during all well operations. Conditions the issuance of drilling permits upon a determination by the Secretary that the applicant has available oil spill response and clean-up equipment and technology capable of effectively remediating a worst-case release of oil. Requires the Secretary to treat either the approval or a significant revision of an exploration plan as an agency action requiring an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Requires the Secretary to disapprove an exploration plan if: (1) exceptional geological conditions in the lease areas, exceptional resource values in the marine or coastal environment, or other exceptional circumstances would probably cause serious harm or damage to life (including fish and other aquatic life), to property, to any mineral deposits (in areas leased or not leased), to the national security or defense, or to the marine, coastal, or human environments; (2) the threat of harm or damage will not disappear or decrease to an acceptable extent within a reasonable period of time; and (3) the advantages of disapproving the plan outweigh the advantages of exploration. (Sec. 209) Requires consideration of the availability of infrastructure to support oil spill response in the timing and location of oil and gas exploration, development, and production among OCS oil- and gas-bearing physiographic regions. Revises other specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to implement a research and development program to ensure continued improvement of methodologies for characterizing both OCS resources and the conditions that may affect the ability to develop and use them in a safe, sound, and environmentally responsible manner. (Sec. 210) Changes from once only to at least once every three years the requirement that the Secretary study any area or region included in any oil and gas lease sale or other lease in order to establish information needed for assessment and management of environmental impacts on the human, marine, and coastal environments of the OCS and the coastal areas which may be affected by oil and gas or other mineral development in such area or region. Requires the Secretary, in addition, to conduct these triennial studies in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce. Directs the Secretary to conduct research to identify and reduce data gaps regarding impacts of certain deepwater hydrocarbon spills; (2) identify and publish an updated list of the best available technologies for key areas of well design and operation, including blowout prevention and blowout and oil spill response and mitigation; (3) promulgate regulations requiring a safety case to be submitted along with each new application for an OCS drilling permit; and (4) implement an offshore technology research, development, and risk assessment program to address safety, environmental protection, and spill response issues. (Sec. 212) Revises requirements for enforcement of safety and environmental regulations. Requires such regulations to provide for: (1) scheduled onsite inspection, at least once a month, of each OCS facility engaged in drilling operations which is subject to any environmental or safety regulation; and (2) periodic audits of each required safety and environmental management plan, and any associated safety case, whether on the OCS or onshore. Requires investigations and reports on each loss of oil well control and any other accident that presented a serious risk to human or environmental safety. Requires holders of leases or permits to cooperate in any investigation as a condition of the lease or the permit. Requires investigation of any allegation from an employee of the lessee or any subcontractor of a violation of a safety regulation. Requires the Secretary to make available promptly to all lessees and the public all technical information about incident causes and corrective actions taken. Instructs the Secretary to require operators of drilling and production operations to certify annually that their operations are in compliance with applicable law and regulations. Prohibits the Secretary from approving any application for a permit to drill a well unless it is accompanied by specified written attestations by the chief executive officer (CEO), including that the applicant has the capability and technology to respond immediately and effectively to a worst-case oil spill in real-world conditions in the area of the proposed activity. Subjects to a civil penalty any CEO who makes a false certification. Requires all operators that modify or upgrade emergency equipment to prevent blow-outs or other well control events to obtain independent third party certification that: (1) the equipment will operate as originally designed, and (2) modifications or upgrades conducted after delivery have not compromised equipment design, performance or functionality. Subjects noncompliance with this requirement to suspension of the lease. (Sec. 214) Increases civil penalties for noncompliance, up to $75,000 for each day of continued failure ($150,000 if the failure threatens harm or damage to life, property, any mineral deposit, or environment). Increases criminal fines for knowing and willful violations from $100,000 to $10 million. Subjects corporate officers and agents to civil penalties for willful disregard in authorizing, ordering, or carrying out proscribed activities. Requires the Secretary to treat the approval of a development and production plan, or a significant revision of a development and plan, as an agency action requiring preparation of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. (Sec. 215) Places within the purview of the OCSLA all oil and gas development and production in the Gulf of Mexico. Expands the scope and contents of mandatory oil and gas development plans to include a scenario for the potential blowout of each well to be drilled as part of the plan involving the highest potential volume of liquid hydrocarbons, along with a complete description of a response plan to both control the blowout and manage the accompanying discharge of hydrocarbons. (Sec. 216) Requires lessees engaged in drilling operations to provide to the Secretary, within 24 hours in electronic format, all daily reports regarding drilling operations on the lease and documentation of blowout preventer maintenance and repair. Requires prompt or real-time transmission of the electronic log from a blowout preventer control system. (Sec. 217) Prohibits the Secretary from conducting a regular program to take oil and gas lease royalties in oil or gas. (Sec. 218) Revises conflict-of-interest employment restrictions governing former Department of the Interior personnel. Prohibits separated officers or employees of the Department within two years after separation from accepting employment or compensation from any party that has a direct and substantial interest: (1) that was pending under the officer's or employee's official responsibility at any point during the two-year period preceding termination of that responsibility; or (2) in which the officer or employee participated personally and substantially as a Department officer or employee. Extends conflict-of-interest prohibitions to certain prior dealings of full-time officers or employees in which they or their spouse, minor child, or general partner has a financial interest. Prohibits full-time Department officers or employees who directly or indirectly discharge duties or responsibilities under OCSLA from soliciting or accepting, directly or indirectly, any gift in violation of certain regulations. Specifies criminal penalties for violations of conflict-of-interest prohibitions.. (Sec. 219) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal authority for: (1) royalty incentives for natural gas production from deep wells in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) royalty relief for deep water production in the Gulf of Mexico. Amends OCSLA to repeal the Secretary's authority to reduce or eliminate any royalty or net profit share set forth in leases within the Planning Areas Offshore Alaska. (Sec. 220) Revises manning and buy-and-build-American requirements to require the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue regulations that are supplemental to, and complementary with, but not a substitute for provisions of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws extended to the OCS subsoil and seabed, except with respect to individuals with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, or business, which has been demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim. Expresses the intent of Congress to monitor deployment of personnel and material on the OCS in order to encourage development of American technology and manufacturing and enable U.S. workers to benefit from the OCSLA. (Sec. 221) Requires the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling to: (1) consult monthly with engineering and technology experts who are analyzing causes of the oil spill for the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council; and (2) report recommendations for improvements to federal laws, regulations, and industry practices applicable to offshore drilling. Grants the Commission subpoena powers. (Sec. 223) Applies this title and title VII to new leases under the OCSLA, and requires the Secretary to take action to apply their requirements to existing leases, consistent with the terms of those leases. (Sec. 224) Instructs the Secretary to report on the costs of baseline environmental studies that gather, analyze, and characterize resource data necessary to implement the OCSLA. (Sec. 225) Requires the Secretary of Commerce or of the Interior to incorporate any takings of marine mammal species or stock from any other reasonably foreseeable activities administered under the OCSLA in determining whether takings from specified activities administered under OCSLA will: (1) have a negligible impact on a marine mammal species or stock, and (2) not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of such species or stock for taking for subsistence uses. Subtitle B: Royalty Relief for American Consumers - Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2010 - (Sec. 232) Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a new oil or natural gas production lease to certain lessees unless they have renegotiated each covered lease to modify the lessee's payment responsibilities to require payment of royalties if the price of oil and natural gas is greater than or equal to specified OCSLA price thresholds. Extends such renegotiation requirements to a lessee or any other person who has any direct or indirect interest in, or who derives a benefit from, a lease in order to be eligible to obtain by sale or other transfer (including through a swap, spinoff, servicing, or other agreement) any covered lease, the economic benefit of any covered lease, or any other lease for the production of oil or natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico under the OCSLA. (Sec. 233) Directs the Secretary to agree to a lessee's request to amend certain leases issued for the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico tract to incorporate price thresholds applicable to royalty suspension requirements that are equal to or less than specified OCSLA price thresholds. Declares that existing lease provisions shall prevail through FY2010. Subtitle C: Limitation on Moratorium - (Sec. 241) Shields certain drilling permit applicants from the drilling moratorium dated July 12, 2010, and any consequent suspension of operations on the OCS, if the applicant has complied with a specified notice and recommended additional safety measures and has completed all required safety inspections. Prohibits any federal entity from suspending the active consideration of, or preparatory work for, permits required to resume or advance activities suspended in connection with the moratorium. Directs the Secretary to report on the status of: (1) evidence regarding the potential causes of the April 20, 2010, explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig; (2) implementation of specified safety reforms; (3) the ability of operators in the Gulf of Mexico to respond effectively to an oil spill in light of the Deepwater Horizon incident; and (4) industry and government efforts to engineer, design, construct and assemble wild well intervention and blowout containment resources necessary to contain an uncontrolled release of hydrocarbons in deep water should another blowout occur. Title III: Oil and Gas Royalty Reform - (Sec. 302) Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary, as an adjunct to audits of accounts for leases, to utilize compliance reviews of accounts. States that the reviews neither constitute nor substitute for audits of lease accounts. Requires any disparity uncovered in a compliance review to be referred immediately to a program auditor. (Sec. 303) Modifies the terms of liability for royalty payments. Treats as the lessee's designee any person who pays, offsets, or credits monies, makes adjustments, requests and receives refunds, or submits reports with respect to payments the lessee must make under such Act. Makes such a designee liable for any payment obligation of any lessee on whose behalf the designee pays royalty under the lease. Eliminates the primary liability for royalty payment obligations of the person owning operating rights in a lease, and the secondary liability of a person owning legal record title in the lease. Makes each such person liable for that person's pro rata share of payment obligations. (Sec. 305) Doubles civil penalties for violations of such Act. Subjects to these penalties any person who knowingly or willfully fails to make prescribed royalty payments, or who fails to provide correct, timely reports on requisite operations or financial records. Tolls the statute of limitations for certain violations committed by oil and gas lessees. (Sec. 306) Prohibits the allowance, payment, or crediting of interest on royalty overpayments. (Sec. 313) Directs the Secretary to: (1) complete an OCS pilot project assessing the costs and benefits of automatic transmission of oil and gas volume and quality data produced under federal leases; (2) implement actions to ensure accurate determination and reporting of BTU values of natural gas from federal oil and gas leases; (3) establish a civil penalty for late or incorrect reporting of data; and (4) publish final regulations for mandatory recordkeeping of natural gas measurement data to include persons involved in the transporting, purchasing, or selling of gas. (Sec. 318) Subjects to investigations, hearings, and specified civil and criminal penalties any lease authorizing the development of coal or any other solid mineral on federal or Indian lands, as well as any lease, easement, right-of-way, or other agreement, regardless of form under the OCSLA or the Geothermal Steam Act, to the same extent as if the lease were an oil and gas lease. (Sec. 319) Directs the Secretary to publish final regulations prescribing when a federal lessee or designee must report and pay royalties on the volume of oil and gas: (1) it takes under either a federal or Indian lease, or (2) to which it is entitled based upon its ownership interest in the federal or Indian lease. (Sec. 320) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Secretary from conducting a regular program to take oil and gas lease royalties in oil or gas. (Sec. 321) Amends the OCSLA to apply specified royalties under a lease to all oil that is saved, removed, sold, or discharged, without regard to whether the oil is unavoidably lost or used on, or for the benefit of, the lease. Title IV: Full Funding for the Land and Water Conservation and Historic Preservation Funds - Subtitle A: Land and Water Conservation Fund - (Sec. 401) Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund through FY2040 and make funding for it permanent. Subtitle B: National Historic Preservation Fund - (Sec. 411) Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to cover into the Historic Preservation Fund through FY2040 funds from revenues under the OCSLA. Title V: Gulf of Mexico Restoration - (Sec. 501) Establishes: (1) the Gulf of Mexico Restoration Program to coordinate federal, state, and local restoration programs and projects to maximize efforts in restoring biological integrity, productivity, and ecosystem functions in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) the Gulf of Mexico Restoration Task Force to issue a comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional plan for long-term restoration of the Gulf of Mexico, including fisheries resources, that incorporates existing restoration plans. (Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a long-term, comprehensive marine environmental monitoring and research program for the marine and coastal environment of the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) an emergency migratory species alternative habitat program. (Sec. 504) Establishes the Gulf of Mexico Restoration Account. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish additional penalties for large spills in the Gulf of Mexico. Title VI: Coordination and Planning - (Sec. 601) Designates Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic, Mid Atlantic. South Atlantic, Alaska, Pacific Islands, Caribbean, and Great Lakes Coordination Regions whose efforts shall achieve greater communication and coordination among federal, coastal state, and affected tribal governments concerned with conservation, sustainable development, and use of federal renewable and nonrenewable resources of the oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes. (Sec. 602) Directs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to establish or designate a Regional Coordination Council for each of the Coordination Regions. (Sec. 603) Requires each Regional Coordination Council to prepare: (1) an initial assessment of its Coordination Region; and (2) within three years a multiobjective, science- and ecosystem-based, spatially explicit, integrated Strategic Plan. (Sec. 605) Establishes the Ocean Resources Conservation and Assistance Fund (ORCA Fund). Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants from the ORCA Fund to: (1) coastal states and affected tribes, and (2) Regional Ocean Partnerships and the Regional Coordination Councils. Directs the Secretary to: (1) use ORCA funds to make competitive grants for conservation and management of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems and marine resources; and (2) establish an Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Review Panel to review and make recommendations on grant applications. Title VII: Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection - Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010 - (Sec. 702) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) repeal the limits on liability for certain vessels and offshore facilities; (2) direct the President to adjust triennially the liability limits upward to reflect either the amount of liability commensurate with the risk of a discharge of oil presented by a particular category of vessel, facility, or port or any increase in the Consumer Price Index (as under current law), whichever is greater. (Sec. 703) Increases the amount of financial responsibility required for an offshore facility to $300 million. Prescribes evidentiary criteria for an alternative amount of financial responsibility, if the President determines that an amount less than $300 million is justified. Sets mandatory minimum amounts at: (1) $105 million for an offshore facility located seaward of a state's seaward boundary, and (2) $30 million for one located landward. (Sec. 704) Expands the kinds of oil pollution liability to include damages to human health, including fatal injuries. (Sec. 705) Declares that, with respect to treatment of a mobile offshore drilling unit as an offshore facility for excess liability purposes, the circumstance triggering such treatment is any discharge of oil, or substantial threat of a discharge of oil, into or upon the water. (Sec. 706) Subjects to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act any federal, state, or tribal determination or assessment of damages to natural resources resulting from a discharge of oil. (Currently such a determination has the force and effect of a rebuttable presumption.) (Sec. 707) Declares that, with respect to procedures for claims for removal costs or damages against the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, in the event of a spill of national significance, the President may exercise specified authorities to ensure that the presentation, filing, processing, settlement, and adjudication of claims occurs within the states and local governments affected by the spill to the greatest extent practicable. Authorizes the President, furthermore, in such an event, to require a responsible party or a guarantor of a discharge or threat-of-discharge source to provide the President with any information on or related to claims, either individually, in the aggregate, or both, that the President requests. (Sec. 708) States that, with respect to the measure of natural resource damages from an oil discharge, federal officials acting as trustees for natural resources shall: (1) give equal and full consideration to restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, and the acquisition of the equivalent of the natural resources under their trusteeship; and (2) consider restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, and the acquisition of the equivalent of the natural resources under their trusteeship in a holistic ecosystem context, using, where available, eco-regional or natural resource plans. Requires acquisition to be given full and equal consideration only if it provides a substantially greater likelihood of improving the resilience of the lost or damaged resource and supports local ecological processes. (Sec. 709) Amends federal maritime law to limit to a vessel with a registry endorsement in its certificate of documentation that is owned by a U.S. citizen any support of exploration, development, or production of resources in, on, above, or below the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). (Sec. 710) Requires the safety management system for a mobile offshore drilling unit operating in waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction (including the EEZ) to include processes, procedures, and policies related to the safe operation and maintenance of the machinery and systems on board the vessel that may affect its seaworthiness in a worst-case event. (Sec. 711) Requires the Secretary, prescribing regulations for mobile offshore drilling units, to develop standards to address a worst-case event on the vessel. (Sec. 712) Limits issuance of a license as master of a mobile offshore drilling unit to any applicant with a merchant seaman's master license who has demonstrated the knowledge, understanding, proficiency, and sea service for all the industrial business or functions of a mobile offshore drilling unit. (Sec. 714) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to: (1) declare a mobile offshore drilling unit ineligible to operate without an approved response plan; and (2) require the President to issue a revised regulation for the development of a schedule for the use of dispersants, other chemicals, and other spill mitigating devices and substances. Directs the EPA Administrator to study the potential risks and impacts to water quality, the environment, or any other appropriate factor, including acute and chronic risks, from the use of dispersants, other chemicals, and other spill mitigating substances, if any, that may be used to carry out the National Contingency Plan. Requires the Administrator to impose a temporary moratorium on approval of the use of dispersants until the study is complete. Requires area contingency plans to list containment booms. (Sec. 716) Directs the President to create a database to track discharges of oil or hazardous substances. (Sec. 717) Requires the President to issue regulations that ensure that the owner, operator, or person in charge of a tank vessel, nontank vessel, or an offshore or onshore facility submits for approval a response plan that will provide for an adequate response to a worst case discharge of oil or a hazardous substance or a substantial threat of such a discharge. Requires such plans to contain a probabilistic risk analysis for all critical engineered systems of the vessel or facility. Revises requirements for the review and approval of response plans. Increases criminal and civil penalties for violations of requirements or prohibitions by the owner, operator, or person in charge of any vessel, onshore facility, or offshore facility. (Sec. 718) Directs the President, acting through the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to: (1) establish a process to quickly deploy offshore oil and hazardous substance cleanup technologies in the event of a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil or a hazardous substance, and (2) maintain a database on best available oil and hazardous substance cleanup technologies in such an event. (Sec. 719) Directs the President to delegate to the EPA Administrator specified inspection, monitoring, prevention, preparedness, and oil or hazardous substance discharge response as well as water quality and environmental protection responsibilities with respect to onshore facilities. Directs the President to delegate to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating specified discharge prevention and containment enforcement, including first responder, responsibilities with respect to vessels and offshore facilities. Directs the President to delegate to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) specified discharge prevention and containment enforcement responsibilities with respect to transportation-related onshore facilities. Directs the President to delegate to the Secretary of the Interior specified discharge prevention and containment enforcement responsibilities with respect to certain offshore facilities. (Sec. 720) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require payment to an Indian tribe of damages for: (1) the net loss of taxes, royalties, rents, fees, or net profit shares due to the injury, destruction, or loss of real property, personal property, or natural resources as a result of an oil discharge; and (2) the net costs of providing increased or additional public services during or after removal activities. (Sec. 721) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to repeal the exclusion of violations of such Act from, and thus subject such violations to, a civil penalty action with respect to oil and hazardous substances liability. (Sec. 722) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to reduce from 90 days to 45 days the deadline for settlement of a claim for removal costs or damages relating to an oil discharge before the claimant may elect to commence an action in court against the responsible party or guarantor or to present the claim to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. (Sec. 723) Increases by 300 the authorized end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of the Coast Guard for FY2011. (Sec. 725) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to set forth a build America requirement for offshore facilities. Prohibits the use of such a facility unless it was built in the United States, including construction of any major component of its hull or superstructure. Authorizes a waiver of this requirement in specified circumstances. (Sec. 726) Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to complete an inventory and maintain a database of all vessels operating in U.S. waters that are capable of meeting oil spill response needs designated in the National Contingency Plan under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Sec. 727) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require offshore sensing and monitoring systems for certain facilities located in more than 500 feet of water. (Sec. 729) Establishes emergency leave retention authority for an active duty member of the Coast Guard in support of a declaration by the President of a major disaster or emergency or in response to a spill of national significance. Treats such duty assignment as one in support of a contingency operation (thus permitting the Coast Guard member to retain at the end of the fiscal year any accumulated [use-or-lose] leave in excess of the number of days of leave authorized to be accumulated for that fiscal year). (Sec. 730) Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015 for: (1) the Coast Guard; (2) EPA; and (3) DOT. (Sec. 731) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to extend oil discharge liability to persons (other than individuals) having direct or indirect ownership interests of more than 25% in a responsible party, if the responsible party's assets are insufficient to pay the claims it owes under such Act. (Sec. 732) Denies any release of liability in connection with compensation received by a claimant for any type of harm unless the claimant: (1) presented a claim with respect to such type of harm, and (2) received compensation for it from the responsible party or from guarantor of the discharge or threat-of-discharge source. (Sec. 733) Excludes any discharge incidental to presidentially authorized salvage activities from regulation under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. (Sec. 734) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require redundancies in tank vessel, nontank vessel, and offshore and onshore facility oil or hazardous substance discharge response plans which specify response actions that will be taken if other response actions detailed in the plan fail. Requires such response plans to be vetted by impartial experts. Amends OCSLA to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any license or permit authorizing drilling for oil and gas on the OCS unless the applicant has an approved response plan for the vessel or facility used to conduct the drilling. Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 801) Repeals the authority of the Secretary to reduce or eliminate any royalty or net profit share (royalty relief) set forth in a lease for oil and gas operations in the Planning Areas Offshore Alaska. Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976, as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to repeal: (1) specified requirements for applications for renewal of oil and gas leases with and without discoveries in the Naval Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and (2) the Secretary's authority to waive, suspend, or reduce rental fees or royalty on a leasehold in the Alaska Reserve. (Sec. 802) Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to establish an annual conservation fee for all oil and gas leases on federal onshore and offshore lands of $2 per barrel of oil and 20 cents per million BTU of natural gas in 2010 dollars. (Sec. 803) Declares that nothing in this Act modifies, amends, or affects leasing on Indian lands as currently carried out by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior. (Sec. 804) Directs the President, acting through the Secretary, to publish a final determination of the boundaries of coastal states projected seaward to the outer margin of the OCS. (Sec. 805) Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to subject to liability to the United States any person who destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any refuge resource. (Sec. 806) Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants of up to $750,000 per fiscal year for each of FY2011-FY2015 to an eligible coastal state to revise its coastal zone management program to identify and implement new policies and procedures to ensure sufficient state level response capabilities to address the environmental, economic, and social impacts of oil spills or other accidents resulting from OCS energy activities with the potential to affect land, water use, or natural resources of the coastal zone. Prohibits requiring any state to make a matching contribution. (Sec. 807) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require all federal department and agency heads to provide the Secretary, upon request, with all data and information necessary (except privileged or proprietary information) to include in the coordinated OCS mapping initiative. (Sec. 808) Prohibits the use of funds authorized or made available by this Act to carry out any activity or pay any costs for removal or damages for which a responsible party is liable under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 or other law. (Sec. 809) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the rebuttable presumption that certain actions by either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture are excluded from environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. (Thus subjects all such actions to EPA review.) (Sec. 810) Requires a federal official to respond within 48 hours of receiving a state permit application or request for approval to initiate state or local government response activity to protect its lands and waters that is directly related to an oil spill of national significance. (Sec. 811) Directs to Comptroller General to evaluate the Department of the Interior implementation of this Act, including whether there has been a sufficient reduction in the conflict between mission and interest within the Department. (Sec. 812) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to arrange with the National Academy of Engineering to assess the economic, safety, and environmental impacts of requiring relief wells to be drilled in tandem with the drilling of wells subject to the requirements of this Act. Title IX: Study of Actions to Improve the Accuracy of Collection of Royalties - Study of Ways to Improve the Accuracy of the Collection of Federal Oil, Condensate, and Natural Gas Royalties Act of 2010 - (Sec. 902) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to arrange with the National Academy of Engineering to study whether the accuracy of royalties collection on production of oil, condensate, and natural gas under leases of federal and Indian lands would be improved by specified practices, including: (1) the installation of digital meters for all lands from which natural gas is produced, and (2) the replacement of plug valves in natural gas gathering lines with ball valves. Title X: Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection - Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2010 - Prohibits employer retaliation against whistleblowers. Prescribes an administrative procedure for investigating employer violations of this prohibition and civil actions to compel employer compliance with an order for relief issued by an administrative law judge.

consolidated land energy aquatic resources act title creation new department_of_the_interior agencies sec establishes department_of_the_interior bureau energy resource management administer comprehensive program nonrenewable renewable energy mineral resources management outer_continental_shelf ocs designated public lands directs secretary interior secretary create bureau independent office programmatically separate distinct leasing permitting activities carry certain environmental studies impacts human marine coastal environments ocs coastal areas affected oil gas mineral development conducts environmental analyses programs instructs director implement programs collection evaluation assembly analysis dissemination data information relevant duties sec establishes department bureau_of_safety_and_environmental_enforcement perform functions powers duties relating safety environmental enforcement related nonrenewable renewable energy mineral resources ocs federal public lands national_petroleum_reserve alaska directs secretary establish national oil gas health safety academy train oil gas inspectors work educational institutions operators representatives oil gas workers develop adequate programs administrative training continuing education inspectors department personnel sec establishes department office_of_natural_resources_revenue administer royalty revenue management functions powers duties previously assigned minerals_management_service sec requires secretary certify annually department personnel having regular direct contact lessees operators function official duties compliance federal employee ethics laws regulations sec abolishes minerals_management_service sec directs secretary establish outer_continental_shelf safety environmental advisory_board provide independent scientific technical advice safe environmentally compliant nonrenewable renewable energy mineral resource exploration development production activities sec states title shall delay development ocean renewable energy resource facilities including offshore wind development planning leasing licensing fee royalty collection development leasing licensing process ocean renewable energy resource facilities title federal oil gas development subtitle safety environmental financial reform outer_continental_shelf_lands_act outer_continental_shelf_lands_act amendments sec revises outer_continental_shelf_lands_act ocsla jurisdiction laws ocs regulatory standards governing blowout preventers design programs procedures regular testing emergency backup control systems commencement drilling operations independent party certification requirements submission state regulatory regimes sec requires secretary review periodically minimum financial responsibility requirements leases implement comprehensive review components federal offshore oil gas fiscal system requires certification responsible stewardship meeting specified diligence safety environmental requirements prerequisite submission bids requests leases easements rights way drilling permits requires secretary days lease_sale request review secretary commerce impacts marine coastal environment proposed sale sec requires sums paid secretary interior secretary navy ocs lease june enactment act deposited treasury credited miscellaneous receipts specified allocations land_and_water_conservation_fund ocean resources conservation assistance fund historic preservation fund sec modifies process approving ocs geological geophysical exploration plans requires approval plan days currently days submission certain criteria met requires plan include scenario potential blowout involving highest potential volume liquid hydrocarbons complete description response plan control blowout manage accompanying discharge hydrocarbons including likelihood surface intervention stop blowout availability rig drill relief estimate time drill relief description technology control capture hydrocarbons potential timeline technology intended purpose strategy organization resources necessary avoid harm environment human health hydrocarbons requires plan analyze potential impacts worst case scenario discharge hydrocarbons marine coastal human environments directs secretary require lessee operating approved exploration plan obtain permit drilling accordance plan significant modification design originally approved secretary prohibits secretary granting drilling permit modification permit completion engineering review system including determination critical safety systems including blowout prevention utilize best available technology include remote triggering capability safety environmental management plan utilized operator operations conditions issuance drilling permits determination secretary applicant available oil spill response clean equipment technology capable effectively worst case release oil requires secretary treat approval significant revision exploration plan agency action requiring environmental assessment environmental impact statement accordance national_environmental_policy_act nepa requires secretary disapprove exploration plan exceptional geological conditions lease areas exceptional resource values marine coastal environment exceptional circumstances cause harm damage life including fish aquatic life property mineral deposits areas leased leased national security defense marine coastal human environments threat harm damage decrease acceptable extent reasonable period time advantages disapproving plan outweigh advantages exploration sec requires consideration availability infrastructure support oil spill response timing location oil gas exploration development production ocs oil- gas bearing regions revises specified requirements directs secretary implement research development program ensure continued improvement methodologies ocs resources conditions affect ability develop use safe sound environmentally responsible manner sec changes years requirement secretary study area region included oil gas lease_sale lease order establish information needed assessment management environmental impacts human marine coastal environments ocs coastal areas affected oil gas mineral development area region requires secretary addition conduct triennial studies cooperation secretary commerce directs secretary conduct research identify reduce data gaps impacts certain deepwater hydrocarbon spills identify publish updated list best available technologies key areas design operation including blowout prevention blowout oil spill response mitigation promulgate regulations requiring safety case submitted new application ocs drilling permit implement offshore technology research development risk assessment program address safety environmental protection spill response issues sec revises requirements enforcement safety environmental regulations requires regulations provide scheduled onsite inspection month ocs facility engaged drilling operations subject environmental safety regulation periodic audits required safety environmental management plan associated safety case ocs onshore requires investigations reports loss oil control accident presented risk human environmental safety requires holders leases permits cooperate investigation condition lease permit requires investigation allegation employee lessee subcontractor violation safety regulation requires secretary available promptly lessees public technical information incident causes corrective actions taken instructs secretary require operators drilling production operations certify annually operations compliance applicable law regulations prohibits secretary approving application permit drill accompanied specified written attestations chief executive officer ceo including applicant capability technology respond immediately effectively worst case oil spill real world conditions area proposed activity subjects civil penalty ceo makes false certification requires operators modify upgrade emergency equipment prevent outs control events obtain independent party certification equipment operate originally designed modifications upgrades conducted delivery compromised equipment design performance functionality subjects noncompliance requirement suspension lease sec increases civil penalties noncompliance day continued failure failure threatens harm damage life property mineral deposit environment increases criminal fines knowing willful violations million subjects corporate officers agents civil penalties willful disregard authorizing ordering carrying proscribed activities requires secretary treat approval development production plan significant revision development plan agency action requiring preparation environmental assessment environmental impact statement sec places purview ocsla oil gas development production gulf_of_mexico expands scope contents mandatory oil gas development plans include scenario potential blowout drilled plan involving highest potential volume liquid hydrocarbons complete description response plan control blowout manage accompanying discharge hydrocarbons sec requires lessees engaged drilling operations provide secretary hours electronic format daily reports drilling operations lease documentation blowout maintenance repair requires prompt real time transmission electronic log blowout control system sec prohibits secretary conducting regular program oil gas lease royalties oil gas sec revises conflict interest employment restrictions governing department_of_the_interior personnel prohibits separated officers employees department years separation accepting employment compensation party direct substantial interest pending officer employee official responsibility point year period preceding termination responsibility officer employee participated personally substantially department officer employee extends conflict interest prohibitions certain prior time officers employees spouse minor child general partner financial interest prohibits time department officers employees directly indirectly discharge duties responsibilities ocsla soliciting accepting directly indirectly gift violation certain regulations specifies criminal penalties violations conflict interest prohibitions sec amends energy policy act repeal authority royalty incentives natural gas production deep wells shallow waters gulf_of_mexico royalty relief deep water production gulf_of_mexico amends ocsla repeal secretary authority reduce eliminate royalty net profit share set forth leases planning areas offshore alaska sec revises manning buy build american requirements require secretary department coast_guard operating issue regulations supplemental complementary substitute provisions constitution federal laws extended ocs subsoil seabed respect individuals extraordinary ability sciences arts education business demonstrated sustained national international expresses intent congress monitor deployment personnel material ocs order encourage development american technology manufacturing enable workers benefit ocsla sec requires national_commission deepwater_horizon oil spill offshore drilling consult monthly engineering technology experts analyzing causes oil spill national_academy_of_engineering national_research_council report recommendations improvements federal laws regulations industry practices applicable offshore drilling grants commission subpoena powers sec applies title title vii new leases ocsla requires secretary action apply requirements existing leases consistent terms leases sec instructs secretary report costs baseline environmental studies gather analyze characterize resource data necessary implement ocsla sec requires secretary commerce interior incorporate takings marine mammal species stock reasonably foreseeable activities administered ocsla determining takings specified activities administered ocsla negligible impact marine mammal species stock adverse impact availability species stock taking subsistence uses subtitle royalty relief american consumers royalty relief american consumers act sec prohibits secretary issuing new oil natural gas production lease certain lessees renegotiated covered lease modify lessee payment responsibilities require payment royalties price oil natural gas greater equal specified ocsla price thresholds extends renegotiation requirements lessee person direct indirect interest derives benefit lease order eligible obtain sale transfer including swap servicing agreement covered lease economic benefit covered lease lease production oil natural gas gulf_of_mexico ocsla sec directs secretary agree lessee request amend certain leases issued central western gulf_of_mexico tract incorporate price thresholds applicable royalty suspension requirements equal specified ocsla price thresholds declares existing lease provisions shall prevail fy2010 subtitle limitation moratorium sec shields certain drilling permit applicants drilling moratorium dated july suspension operations ocs applicant complied specified notice recommended additional safety measures completed required safety inspections prohibits federal entity suspending active consideration preparatory work permits required resume advance activities suspended connection moratorium directs secretary report status evidence potential causes april explosion sinking deepwater_horizon offshore drilling rig implementation specified safety reforms ability operators gulf_of_mexico respond effectively oil spill light deepwater_horizon incident industry government efforts engineer design construct assemble wild intervention blowout containment resources necessary contain uncontrolled release hydrocarbons deep water blowout occur title iii oil gas royalty reform sec amends federal_oil_and_gas_royalty_management_act authorize secretary adjunct audits accounts leases utilize compliance reviews accounts states reviews constitute substitute audits lease accounts requires disparity uncovered compliance review referred immediately program auditor sec modifies terms liability royalty payments treats lessee designee person pays offsets credits monies makes adjustments requests receives refunds submits reports respect payments lessee act makes designee liable payment obligation lessee behalf designee pays royalty lease eliminates primary liability royalty payment obligations person owning operating rights lease secondary liability person owning legal record title lease makes person liable person pro rata share payment obligations sec doubles civil penalties violations act subjects penalties person knowingly willfully fails prescribed royalty payments fails provide correct timely reports requisite operations financial records tolls statute limitations certain violations committed oil gas lessees sec prohibits allowance payment crediting interest royalty overpayments sec directs secretary complete ocs pilot project assessing costs benefits automatic transmission oil gas volume quality data produced federal leases implement actions ensure accurate determination reporting btu values natural gas federal oil gas leases establish civil penalty late incorrect reporting data publish final regulations mandatory recordkeeping natural gas measurement data include persons involved transporting purchasing selling gas sec subjects investigations hearings specified civil criminal penalties lease authorizing development coal solid mineral federal indian lands lease easement right way agreement regardless form ocsla geothermal_steam_act extent lease oil gas lease sec directs secretary publish final regulations prescribing federal lessee designee report pay royalties volume oil gas takes federal indian lease entitled based ownership interest federal indian lease sec amends mineral_leasing_act prohibit secretary conducting regular program oil gas lease royalties oil gas sec amends ocsla apply specified royalties lease oil saved removed sold discharged regard oil lost benefit lease title funding land water conservation historic preservation funds subtitle land_and_water_conservation_fund sec amends land_and_water_conservation_fund_act extend land_and_water_conservation_fund funding permanent subtitle national historic preservation fund sec amends national_historic_preservation_act cover historic preservation fund funds revenues ocsla title gulf_of_mexico restoration sec establishes gulf_of_mexico restoration program coordinate federal state local restoration programs projects maximize efforts restoring biological integrity productivity ecosystem functions gulf_of_mexico gulf_of_mexico restoration task_force issue comprehensive multi jurisdictional plan long term restoration gulf_of_mexico including fisheries resources incorporates existing restoration plans sec directs secretary establish long term comprehensive marine environmental monitoring research program marine coastal environment gulf_of_mexico emergency migratory species alternative habitat program sec establishes gulf_of_mexico restoration account amends federal_water_pollution_control_act establish additional penalties large spills gulf_of_mexico title coordination planning sec designates pacific gulf_of_mexico north_atlantic mid atlantic south_atlantic alaska pacific islands caribbean great_lakes coordination regions efforts shall achieve greater communication coordination federal coastal state affected tribal governments concerned conservation sustainable development use federal renewable nonrenewable resources oceans coasts great_lakes sec directs chairman council_on_environmental_quality establish designate regional coordination council coordination regions sec requires regional coordination council prepare initial assessment coordination region years ecosystem based explicit integrated strategic plan sec establishes ocean resources conservation assistance fund fund authorizes secretary commerce grants fund coastal states affected tribes regional ocean partnerships regional coordination councils directs secretary use funds competitive grants conservation management ocean coastal great_lakes ecosystems marine resources establish ocean coastal great_lakes review panel review recommendations grant applications title vii oil spill accountability environmental protection oil spill accountability environmental protection act sec amends oil pollution act repeal limits liability certain vessels offshore facilities direct president adjust triennially liability limits upward reflect liability commensurate risk discharge oil presented particular category vessel facility port increase consumer price index current law whichever greater sec increases financial responsibility required offshore facility million prescribes evidentiary criteria alternative financial responsibility president determines million justified sets mandatory minimum amounts million offshore facility located seaward state seaward boundary million located sec expands kinds oil pollution liability include damages human health including fatal injuries sec declares respect treatment mobile offshore drilling unit offshore facility excess liability purposes circumstance triggering treatment discharge oil substantial threat discharge oil water sec subjects judicial review administrative procedure act federal state tribal determination assessment damages natural resources resulting discharge oil currently determination force effect rebuttable presumption sec declares respect procedures claims removal costs damages oil_spill_liability_trust_fund event spill national significance president exercise specified authorities ensure presentation filing processing settlement adjudication claims occurs states local governments affected spill greatest extent practicable authorizes president furthermore event require responsible party guarantor discharge threat discharge source provide president information related claims individually aggregate president requests sec states respect measure natural resource damages oil discharge federal officials acting trustees natural resources shall equal consideration restoration rehabilitation replacement acquisition equivalent natural resources consider restoration rehabilitation replacement acquisition equivalent natural resources holistic ecosystem context available eco regional natural resource plans requires acquisition given equal consideration provides substantially greater likelihood improving resilience lost damaged resource supports local ecological processes sec amends federal maritime law limit vessel registry endorsement certificate documentation owned citizen support exploration development production resources exclusive_economic_zone eez sec requires safety management system mobile offshore drilling unit operating waters subject jurisdiction including eez include processes procedures policies related safe operation maintenance machinery systems board vessel affect worst case event sec requires secretary prescribing regulations mobile offshore drilling units develop standards address worst case event vessel sec limits issuance license master mobile offshore drilling unit applicant merchant seaman master license demonstrated knowledge understanding proficiency sea service industrial business functions mobile offshore drilling unit sec amends federal_water_pollution_control_act declare mobile offshore drilling unit ineligible operate approved response plan require president issue revised regulation development schedule use dispersants chemicals spill mitigating devices substances directs epa administrator study potential risks impacts water quality environment appropriate factor including acute chronic risks use dispersants chemicals spill mitigating substances carry national contingency plan requires administrator impose temporary moratorium approval use dispersants study complete requires area contingency plans list containment booms sec directs president create database track discharges oil hazardous substances sec requires president issue regulations ensure owner operator person charge tank vessel nontank vessel offshore onshore facility submits approval response plan provide adequate response worst case discharge oil hazardous substance substantial threat discharge requires plans contain risk analysis critical engineered systems vessel facility revises requirements review approval response plans increases criminal civil penalties violations requirements prohibitions owner operator person charge vessel onshore facility offshore facility sec directs president acting secretary department coast_guard operating establish process quickly deploy offshore oil hazardous substance cleanup technologies event discharge substantial threat discharge oil hazardous substance maintain database best available oil hazardous substance cleanup technologies event sec directs president delegate epa administrator specified inspection monitoring prevention preparedness oil hazardous substance discharge response water quality environmental protection responsibilities respect onshore facilities directs president delegate secretary department coast_guard operating specified discharge prevention containment enforcement including responder responsibilities respect vessels offshore facilities directs president delegate secretary transportation dot specified discharge prevention containment enforcement responsibilities respect transportation related onshore facilities directs president delegate secretary interior specified discharge prevention containment enforcement responsibilities respect certain offshore facilities sec amends oil pollution act require payment indian tribe damages net loss taxes royalties rents fees net profit shares injury destruction loss real property personal property natural resources result oil discharge net costs providing increased additional public services removal activities sec amends federal_water_pollution_control_act repeal exclusion violations act subject violations civil penalty action respect oil hazardous substances liability sec amends oil pollution act reduce days days deadline settlement claim removal costs damages relating oil discharge claimant elect commence action court responsible party guarantor present claim oil_spill_liability_trust_fund sec increases authorized end year strength active duty personnel coast_guard fy2011 sec amends oil pollution act set forth build_america requirement offshore facilities prohibits use facility built united_states including construction major component hull authorizes waiver requirement specified circumstances sec directs commandant_of_the_coast_guard complete inventory maintain database vessels operating waters capable meeting oil spill response needs designated national contingency plan federal_water_pollution_control_act sec amends oil pollution act require offshore sensing monitoring systems certain facilities located feet water sec establishes emergency leave retention authority active duty member coast_guard support declaration president major disaster emergency response spill national significance treats duty assignment support contingency operation permitting coast_guard member retain end fiscal year accumulated use lose leave excess number days leave authorized accumulated fiscal year sec authorizes appropriations fy2011 fy2015 coast_guard epa dot sec amends oil pollution act extend oil discharge liability persons individuals having direct indirect ownership interests responsible party responsible party assets insufficient pay claims owes act sec denies release liability connection compensation received claimant type harm claimant presented claim respect type harm received compensation responsible party guarantor discharge threat discharge source sec excludes discharge incidental presidentially authorized salvage activities regulation oil pollution act sec amends federal_water_pollution_control_act require tank vessel nontank vessel offshore onshore facility oil hazardous substance discharge response plans specify response actions taken response actions detailed plan fail requires response plans vetted impartial experts amends ocsla prohibit secretary interior issuing license permit authorizing drilling oil gas ocs applicant approved response plan vessel facility conduct drilling title viii miscellaneous provisions sec repeals authority secretary reduce eliminate royalty net profit share royalty relief set forth lease oil gas operations planning areas offshore alaska amends naval_petroleum_reserves_production_act amended energy policy act repeal specified requirements applications renewal oil gas leases discoveries naval petroleum reserve alaska secretary authority waive suspend reduce rental fees royalty leasehold alaska reserve sec directs secretary issue regulations establish annual conservation fee oil gas leases federal onshore offshore lands barrel oil cents million btu natural gas dollars sec declares act modifies amends affects leasing indian lands currently carried bureau_of_indian_affairs department_of_the_interior sec directs president acting secretary publish final determination boundaries coastal states projected seaward outer margin ocs sec amends national_wildlife_refuge_system_administration_act subject liability united_states person causes loss injures refuge resource sec amends coastal_zone_management_act authorize secretary commerce grants fiscal year fy2011 fy2015 eligible coastal state revise coastal zone management program identify implement new policies procedures ensure sufficient state level response capabilities address environmental economic social impacts oil spills accidents resulting ocs energy activities potential affect land water use natural resources coastal zone prohibits requiring state matching contribution sec amends energy policy act require federal department agency heads provide secretary request data information necessary privileged proprietary information include coordinated ocs mapping initiative sec prohibits use funds authorized available act carry activity pay costs removal damages responsible party liable oil pollution act law sec amends energy policy act repeal rebuttable presumption certain actions secretary interior secretary agriculture excluded environmental review national_environmental_policy_act subjects actions epa review sec requires federal official respond hours receiving state permit application request approval initiate state local government response activity protect lands waters directly related oil spill national significance sec directs comptroller_general evaluate department_of_the_interior implementation act including sufficient reduction conflict mission interest department sec requires secretary interior arrange national_academy_of_engineering assess economic safety environmental impacts requiring relief wells drilled drilling wells subject requirements act title study actions improve accuracy collection royalties study ways improve accuracy collection federal oil condensate natural gas royalties act sec requires secretary interior arrange national_academy_of_engineering study accuracy royalties collection production oil condensate natural gas leases federal indian lands improved specified practices including installation digital meters lands natural gas produced replacement plug valves natural gas gathering lines valves title offshore oil gas worker whistleblower protection offshore oil gas worker whistleblower protection act prohibits employer retaliation whistleblowers prescribes administrative procedure investigating employer violations prohibition civil actions compel employer compliance order relief issued administrative law judge


Summary: Energy and Water Research Integration Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Energy to identify each of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects into which it is appropriate to integrate water considerations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) seek to advance energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices that would minimize freshwater withdrawal and consumption, increase water use efficiency, and utilize nontraditional water sources with efforts to improve water quality; and (2) consider the effects climate variability and change may have on water supplies and quality for energy generation and fuel production; and (3) improve understanding of the energy required to provide water supplies and the water required to provide reliable energy supplies throughout the United States. Requires the Secretary to develop, submit to Congress within nine months, and update every three years a Strategic Plan outlining the research, development, and demonstration needs of such programs and projects. Requires the Secretary to evaluate and establish technical milestones for: (1) new advanced cooling technologies for energy generation and fuel production technologies; (2) performance improvement and cost reductions of cooling technologies; (3) innovative water reuse, recovery, and treatment in energy generation and fuel production; (4) technology development for carbon capture and storage systems that utilize efficient water use design strategies; (5) technologies that are life-cycle cost effective; (6) systems analysis and modeling of issues relating to the energy required to provide water supplies and the water required to provide reliable energy supplies; (7) technologies to treat and utilize produced waters discharged from oil, natural gas, coal-bed methane, and mining activities; (8) advanced materials for the use of nontraditional water sources for energy generation and fuel production; (9) biomass production and utilization and the impact on hydrologic systems; (10) technologies that reduce impacts on water from energy resource development; (11) increases in energy efficiency of water distribution and collection systems; and (12) technologies for energy generation from such systems. Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement the Strategic Plan in carrying out DOE energy research, development, and demonstration programs; and (2) report to Congress every two years on findings and activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy-Water Architecture Council to promote and enable improved energy and water resource data collection, reporting, and technological innovation. Requires the Council to: (1) make recommendations on the development of data collection and communication standards and protocols to entities engaged in collecting data for the energy required to provide water supplies and the water required to provide reliable energy supplies throughout the United States; (2) recommend ways to make improvements to federal water use data to increase understanding of trends in energy generation and fuel production; (3) recommend best practices for utilizing information from monitoring networks to provide nationally uniform water and energy use and infrastructure data; and (4) conduct annual technical workshops to facilitate information exchange among federal, state, and private sector experts on technologies that encourage the conservation and efficient use of water and energy. (Sec. 4) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) allow the establishment of regulations by the federal government that would infringe or impair the use of water by state, tribal, or local governments; and (2) require state, tribal, or local governments to take any action that may result in an increased financial burden by restricting their water use. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to coordinate activities under this Act with other DOE programs and other federal research programs.

energy water research integration act sec directs secretary energy identify department_of_energy doe energy research development demonstration programs projects appropriate integrate water considerations requires secretary seek advance energy energy efficiency technologies practices minimize freshwater withdrawal consumption increase water use efficiency utilize nontraditional water sources efforts improve water quality consider effects climate variability change water supplies quality energy generation fuel production improve understanding energy required provide water supplies water required provide reliable energy supplies united_states requires secretary develop submit congress months update years strategic plan outlining research development demonstration needs programs projects requires secretary evaluate establish technical milestones new advanced cooling technologies energy generation fuel production technologies performance improvement cost reductions cooling technologies innovative water reuse recovery treatment energy generation fuel production technology development carbon capture storage systems utilize efficient water use design strategies technologies life cycle cost effective systems analysis modeling issues relating energy required provide water supplies water required provide reliable energy supplies technologies treat utilize produced waters discharged oil natural gas coal bed methane mining activities advanced materials use nontraditional water sources energy generation fuel production biomass production utilization impact hydrologic systems technologies reduce impacts water energy resource development increases energy efficiency water distribution collection systems technologies energy generation systems requires secretary implement strategic plan carrying doe energy research development demonstration programs report congress years findings activities act authorizes appropriations sec directs secretary establish energy water architecture council promote enable improved energy water resource data collection reporting technological innovation requires council recommendations development data collection communication standards protocols entities engaged collecting data energy required provide water supplies water required provide reliable energy supplies united_states recommend ways improvements federal water use data increase understanding trends energy generation fuel production recommend best practices utilizing information monitoring networks provide nationally uniform water energy use infrastructure data conduct annual technical workshops facilitate information exchange federal state private sector experts technologies encourage conservation efficient use water energy sec provides act shall construed allow establishment regulations federal_government infringe impair use water state tribal local governments require state tribal local governments action result increased financial burden restricting water use sec directs secretary coordinate activities act doe programs federal research programs


Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the energy tax credit for investment in combined heat and power system property to: (1) increase the capacity limitations for such property; and (2) expand the definition of such property to include property which produces electrical or mechanical energy from recovered waste energy using back-pressure turbines, rankine, sterling, kalina, or other heat engines.

amends_the_internal_revenue_code revise energy tax credit investment combined heat power system property increase capacity limitations property expand definition property include property produces electrical mechanical energy recovered waste energy pressure turbines heat engines


Summary: Storage Technology of Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2009 or the STORAGE Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 20% energy tax credit for investment in energy storage property directly connected to the electrical grid (i.e., state systems of generators, transmission lines, and distribution facilities) and designed to receive, store, and convert energy to electricity and deliver such electricity for sale; (2) make such property eligible for new clean renewable energy bond financing; (3) allow a 30% energy tax credit for investment in energy storage property used at the site of energy storage; and (4) allow a 30% nonbusiness energy property tax credit for the installation of energy storage equipment in a principal residence.

storage technology renewable green energy act storage act amends_the_internal_revenue_code allow energy tax credit investment energy storage property directly connected electrical grid state systems generators transmission lines distribution facilities designed receive store convert energy electricity deliver electricity sale property eligible new clean renewable energy bond financing allow energy tax credit investment energy storage property site energy storage allow nonbusiness energy property tax credit installation energy storage equipment principal residence


Summary: Expanding Building Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase and extend through 2015 the new energy efficient home tax credit; (2) increase the rate of the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; (3) increase to $5,000 the limit on the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property expenditures and extend such credit through 2015; (4) allow a $200 tax credit through 2011 for the cost of a home energy rating; and (5) allow a $500 tax credit for the cost of training and certifying home performance auditors to conduct home energy ratings.

expanding building efficiency incentives act amends_the_internal_revenue_code increase extend new energy efficient home tax credit increase rate tax deduction energy efficient commercial buildings increase limit tax credit nonbusiness energy property expenditures extend credit allow tax credit cost home energy rating allow tax credit cost training certifying home performance auditors conduct home energy ratings


Summary: Expanding Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase megawatt and horsepower capacity limitations for the combined heat and power system property energy tax credit; and (2) allow new tax credits to improve advanced motor system energy efficiency, to replace chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerant chillers, and for investment in any qualifying efficient industrial process water use project.

expanding industrial energy efficiency incentives act amends_the_internal_revenue_code increase megawatt capacity limitations combined heat power system property energy tax credit allow new tax credits improve advanced motor system energy efficiency replace cfc investment qualifying efficient industrial process water use project


Summary: Department of Energy Office of Science Authorization Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to carry out, through the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities in science in support of missions of DOE. Requires the Director of the Office of Science to: (1) carry out a basic energy sciences program to provide scientific foundations for new energy technologies; and (2) support construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II and a Second Target Station at the Spallation Neutron Source. Requires the Director to carry out a grant program to provide awards for up to five years to multi-institutional collaborations or other appropriate entities for meeting energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application needs identified in: (1) the Grand Challenges report; (2) energy-related Grand Challenges for Engineering; or (3) other relevant reports identified by the Director. Requires the Director to carry out a biological, climate, and environmental systems science research program to support DOE energy and environmental missions. Provides for a biological systems science subprogram and a climate and environmental sciences research subprogram. Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan of federally supported research and development activities to support energy and environmental missions of DOE and to accelerate the growth of a synthetic biology industry in the United States. Directs the Secretary to carry out an inertial fusion energy research and technology development program. Requires the Director to carry out: (1) an advanced scientific computing research program; (2) a fusion energy sciences research program; (3) a high energy physics program; (4) a nuclear physics research program; and (5) a program for improving infrastructure at Office of Science laboratories. Requires the Secretary to submit specified reports. Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015 to the Secretary for activities of the Office of Science for (1) basic science energy sciences; (2) biological and environmental research; and (3) advanced scientific computing research.

department_of_energy office_of_science authorization act directs secretary energy carry department_of_energy doe office_of_science research development demonstration commercial application activities science support missions doe requires director office_of_science carry basic energy sciences program provide scientific foundations new energy technologies support construction national light source second target station source requires director carry grant program provide awards years multi institutional collaborations appropriate entities meeting energy research development demonstration commercial application needs identified grand challenges report energy related grand challenges engineering relevant reports identified director requires director carry biological climate environmental systems science research program support doe energy environmental missions provides biological systems science climate environmental sciences research directs secretary develop comprehensive plan federally supported research development activities support energy environmental missions doe accelerate growth synthetic biology industry united_states directs secretary carry fusion energy research technology development program requires director carry advanced scientific computing research program fusion energy sciences research program high energy physics program nuclear physics research program program improving infrastructure office_of_science laboratories requires secretary submit specified reports authorizes appropriations fy2011 fy2015 secretary activities office_of_science basic science energy sciences biological environmental research advanced scientific computing research


Summary: Energy Innovation Hubs Authorization Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) implement a program to enhance the nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by making grants to nonprofit consortia for establishing and operating Energy Innovation Hubs to conduct and support multidisciplinary, collaborative research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of advanced energy technologies in areas not being served by the private sector; (2) designate for each Hub a unique advanced energy technology development focus; (3) ensure the coordination of the Hub activities with those of other Department of Energy (DOE) research entities; and (4) establish and maintain within DOE an Oversight Board to oversee the progress of Hubs. Requires each Hub to establish: (1) an advisory committee to provide guidance on scientific, technical, industry, financial, and research management matters; and (2) procedures to ensure that employees and consortia designees for Hub activities who are in decision-making capacities disclose all material conflicts of interest. Prohibits grant funding from being used for construction of new buildings or facilities for Hubs. Provides that construction of new buildings or facilities is not considered to be part of the non-federal share of a Hub cost-sharing agreement. Defines advanced energy technology to mean an innovative technology: (1) that produces energy from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, or other renewable energy resources; (2) that produces nuclear energy; (3) for carbon capture and sequestration; or (4) that generates, transmits, distributes, utilizes, or stores energy more efficiently than conventional technologies.

energy innovation hubs authorization act requires secretary energy implement program enhance nation economic environmental energy security making grants nonprofit consortia establishing operating energy innovation hubs conduct support multidisciplinary collaborative research development demonstration commercial application advanced energy technologies areas served private sector designate hub unique advanced energy technology development focus ensure coordination hub activities department_of_energy doe research entities establish maintain doe oversight board oversee progress hubs requires hub establish advisory_committee provide guidance scientific technical industry financial research management matters procedures ensure employees consortia designees hub activities decision making capacities disclose material conflicts interest prohibits grant funding construction new buildings facilities hubs provides construction new buildings facilities considered non federal share hub cost sharing agreement defines advanced energy technology mean innovative technology produces energy solar wind geothermal biomass tidal wave ocean renewable energy resources produces nuclear energy carbon capture sequestration generates transmits distributes utilizes stores energy efficiently conventional technologies


Summary: Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2010 or the SEAM Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit by allocating in 2010 $5 billion of grants or tax credit amounts to manufacturers of goods and components (other than for assembly of components) in the United States that are used in alternative energy projects.

security energy manufacturing act act amends_the_internal_revenue_code expand qualifying advanced energy project credit allocating billion grants tax credit amounts manufacturers goods components assembly components united_states alternative energy projects


Summary: Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2010 - Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) energy performance plan to be taken into consideration in other DOD planning, including the National Security Strategy and the Quadrennial Defense Review. Provides a DOD procurement preference for goods and services produced using sustainable environmental practices. Requires: (1) specified percentages of DOD electric energy to be produced from renewable energy sources; (2) consideration of certain environmentally sustainable practices under the DOD energy performance plan; and (3) application to contractors operating government-owned facilities and contract tenants and concessionaires of DOD requirements regarding the use of renewable energy and energy-efficient products. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to obligate specified funds under the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to carry out energy conservation projects. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an assessment of improved building efficiency (including insulation and energy and water usage) at DOD facilities. Requires: (1) the conversion to electric or hybrid propulsion, by the end of FY2015, of the military and defense agency fleet of petroleum-derived non-tactical motor vehicles; and (2) a procurement preference with respect to electric or hybrid propulsion vehicles. Extends the conversion requirement to contractor-operated, government-owned vehicles. Directs: (1) the Secretary of each military department to report to Congress identifying hybrid-drive technologies suitable for incorporation into the next reset and recap of tactical-fleet military ground vehicles; and (2) the Secretary to submit to Congress a testing and certification plan for the development, and use by the end of FY2016, of biofuel derived from materials that do not compete with food stocks and is suitable for use as military aviation fuel. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the implementation or operation of any provision of this Act after certifying to Congress that such implementation or operation would adversely impact U.S. national security.

department_of_defense energy security act requires department_of_defense dod energy performance plan taken consideration dod planning including national security strategy quadrennial defense review provides dod procurement preference goods services produced sustainable environmental practices requires specified percentages dod electric energy produced renewable energy sources consideration certain environmentally sustainable practices dod energy performance plan application contractors operating government owned facilities contract tenants dod requirements use renewable energy energy efficient products authorizes secretary defense obligate specified funds military construction authorization act fiscal year carry energy conservation projects directs secretary submit congress assessment improved building efficiency including insulation energy water usage dod facilities requires conversion electric hybrid propulsion end fy2015 military defense agency fleet petroleum derived non tactical motor vehicles procurement preference respect electric hybrid propulsion vehicles extends conversion requirement contractor operated government owned vehicles directs secretary military department report congress identifying hybrid drive technologies suitable incorporation reset tactical fleet military ground vehicles secretary submit congress testing certification plan development use end fy2016 biofuel derived materials compete food stocks suitable use military aviation fuel authorizes secretary waive implementation operation provision act certifying congress implementation operation adversely impact national security


Summary: Manufacturing and Energy Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $7.3 billion the total amount of credits that may be allocated under the qualifying advanced energy project program; and (2) extend for six months after the enactment of this Act the application period for certification under such program.

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Summary: Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Energy Program Act of 2010 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to terminate allocations of abandoned mine reclamation fees, except payments for health benefits, to states and Indian tribes that are certified to have completed coal mining reclamation. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the enhanced oil recovery credit; (2) the credit for oil and gas produced from marginal wells; (3) the expensing of intangible drilling costs; (4) the deduction for tertiary injectants; (5) the exception to the passive loss limitation for working interests in oil and natural gas properties; (6) the percentage depletion deduction for oil and natural gas wells; and (7) the domestic manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies. Increases to seven years the geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal authority for: (1) the oil and gas research programs; (2) the low-volume oil and gas reservoir program; and (3) the Complex Well Technology Testing Facility at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) discontinue the application before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a license to construct a high-level nuclear waste geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; (2) plan for the sale of federally owned and operated electric energy generation facilities under the supervision of, or working in coordination with, the Southeastern Power Administration (SEPA); and (3) terminate SEPA following such sale. Excludes from such sale any dam, reservoir, or waterfront property. Directs the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to sell the rights and assets of its electric power program. Excludes from the sale any hydroelectric power generation facility owned and operated by TVA (including dams and appurtenant works and structures). Deems the remaining net proceeds from any such sale, after offset for sale costs, to extinguish the outstanding debt repayable to the United States and attributable to the assets being sold. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to decrease the storage capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 1 billion to 650 million barrels. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the Secretary's program authority for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production.

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