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And here is the final SEMS rule

Posted in accidents, Regulation, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Safety and Environmental Management Systems

This rulemaking will incorporate in its entirety and make mandatory the AmericanPetroleum Institute’s Recommended Practice 75, Development of a Safety andEnvironmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities, with respectto operations and activities under the jurisdiction of BOEMRE. This final rule will applyto all OCS oil and gas and sulphur operations and the facilities under BOEMREjurisdiction including drilling, production, construction, well workover, well completion,well servicing, and DOI pipeline activities.

The rule will become effective on November 15, 2010.

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Post-Macondo Drilling Safety Rule Posted by the Federal Register

Posted in drilling, Regulation, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The complete interim final Drilling Safety Rule is now posted on the Federal Register site.  This rule was announced on 30 September along with the Safety and Environmental Management System rule. The latter rule has not yet been posted by the Federal Register.

The Drilling Safety Rule is effective immediately.  With regard to comments:

While BOEMRE will not solicit comments before the effective date, BOEMRE will accept and consider public comments on this rule that are submitted within 60 days of its publication in the Federal Register. After reviewing the public comments, BOEMRE will publish a notice in the Federal Register that will respond to comments and will either:

1. confirm this rule as a final rule with no additional changes, or

2. issue a revised final rule with modifications, based on public comments.

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