[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 24375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11558]


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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

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Extension of comment period for proposed rule, and announcement 
of a public workshop.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends to August 22, 1997, the deadline for 
submitting comments on the proposed rule on Oil Spill Financial 
Responsibility for Offshore Facilities (OSFR). Also, this notice 
announces that MMS will hold a public workshop on the proposed rule on 
June 5, 1997, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

DATES: We will consider all comments received by August 22, 1997, and 
we may not fully consider comments received after August 22, 1997. The 
public workshop will be held on June 5, 1997, at 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-carry written comments to the Department of the 
Interior; Minerals Management Service; 381 Elden Street; Mail Stop 
4700; Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817; Attention: Rules Processing Team. 
We will hold the public workshop at the MMS Gulf of Mexico Region 
Office, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 111, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS was asked to extend the deadline for 
submitting comments on the proposed OSFR rule published on March 25, 
1997 (62 FR 15639). The request explains that more time is needed to 
allow respondents time to prepare detailed and comprehensive comments.
    MMS was also asked to sponsor a public workshop on the proposal for 
the purpose of clarifying certain parts of the proposal and answering 
technical questions on how it was developed.

    Dated: April 29, 1997.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 97-11558 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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