[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 43624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21926]


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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: Announcement of public workshops.

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SUMMARY: We will hold public workshops in Houston, Texas, New Orleans, 
Louisiana, and Camarillo, California, on how to comply with the new 
regulation on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore 
Facilities.

DATES: The workshop dates are: Houston--September 1, 1998, at 9:00 
a.m.; New Orleans--September 15, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.; and Camarillo--
September 24, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop locations are: Houston--Marriott West Loop, 
1750 West Loop South, Ballroom Salons A through D, Houston, Texas; New 
Orleans--MMS Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Office, 1201 Elmwood Park 
Boulevard, Room 111, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Camarillo--MMS Pacific 
OCS Region Office, 770 Paseo Camarillo, Room 202-A, Camarillo, 
California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Waddell, Adjudication Unit Supervisor, at (504) 736-1710.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final regulation on Oil Spill Financial 
Responsibility for Offshore Facilities was published in the Federal 
Register on August 11, 1998 (63 FR 42699), and the rule will go into 
effect on October 13, 1998. The purpose of the workshops is to provide 
people who are affected by the rule with information on how to comply. 
The workshop format will be an MMS presentation followed by a question 
and answer session.

    Dated: August 11, 1998.
Elmer P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 98-21926 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]
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