[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 15639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8269]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Part 253

RIN 1010-AC33


Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities; 
Correction

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Correction to notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the proposed regulation published in 
the Federal Register on March 25, 1997 (62 FR 14052). Section 253.44 of 
the proposed regulation (62 FR 14064) is revised to clarify the 
intended compliance date.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raymond L. Beittel, Performance and 
Safety Branch, at (703) 787-1591.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS published a proposed rule on March 25, 
1997 (62 FR 14052), which addressed new requirements for demonstrating 
oil spill financial responsibility for cleanup and damages from oil 
discharges from oil exploration and production facilities and 
associated pipelines. The rule will apply to operations in: the Outer 
Continental Shelf; State waters seaward of the line of ordinary low 
water along that portion of the coast that is in direct contact with 
the open sea; and in coastal inland waters, such as bays and estuaries, 
seaward of the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the 
coast that is not in direct contact with the open sea. This rule 
implements the authority of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA).

Need For Correction

    As published, the proposed regulation at Sec. 253.44 contains an 
error that may be misleading and is in need of clarification.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on March 25, 1997, of the proposed 
regulation, which was the subject of FR Doc 97-7270, is corrected as 
follows:


Sec. 253.44  [Corrected]

    On page 14064, in the first column, in Sec. 253.44, is corrected to 
read as follows:


Sec. 253.44   When must I comply with this regulation?

    You must submit to MMS your evidence of OSFR for all the COF's on 
all the leases, permits, and RUE's for which you are the designated 
applicant no later than 60 days after the publication date of the final 
regulation.
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    Date: March 27, 1997.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 97-8269 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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