[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 69923-69924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31873]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Part 250


Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document makes technical amendments to regulations that 
were published in the Federal Register (61 FR 60019, November 26, 1996; 
redesignated and amended at 63 FR 26367, May 12, 1998; 63 FR 29479, 
29484, May 29, 1998; 63 FR 37068, July 9, 1998) and were codified in 
the July 1, 1998, edition of Title 30--Minerals Resources, Parts 299-
699, Code of Federal Regulations. This amendment incorporates updated 
versions of the ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Sections I, 
IV, and VIII.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1999.
    The incorporation by reference of the publications listed in the 
rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 
December 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Levine (703) 787-1033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment affects operators who install 
new boilers and pressure vessels on OCS facilities. Currently, sections 
I, IV, and VIII of the 1995 edition of the ANSI/ASME Boiler and 
Pressure Vessel Code are incorporated by reference into MMS regulations 
in the table in paragraph (e) of 30 CFR 250.101. MMS has determined 
that the 1998 edition with the 1999 amendment provides a degree of 
safety equal to the currently incorporated 1995 edition, as has been 
determined by industry. According to 30 CFR 250.101(a)(2), we are 
incorporating by reference these updated versions.
    The documents currently incorporated by reference and updated by 
this technical amendment are: ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel 
Code, Section I, Power Boilers, including Appendices, 1995 Edition; 
ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IV, Heating Boilers 
including Nonmandatory Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, and J, and 
the Guide to Manufacturers Data Report Forms, 1995 Edition; ANSI/ASME 
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Pressure Vessels, 
Divisions 1 and 2, including Nonmandatory Appendices, 1995 Edition.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 250

    Continental shelf, Environmental impact statements, Environmental 
protection, Government contracts, Incorporation by reference, 
Investigations, Mineral royalties, Oil and gas development and 
production, Oil and gas exploration, Oil and gas reserves, Penalties, 
Pipelines, Public lands--mineral resources, Public lands--rights-of-
way, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulphur development and 
production, Sulphur exploration, Surety bonds.

    Accordingly, 30 CFR Part 250 is amended by making the following 
technical amendments:

PART 250--OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF

    1. The authority citation for Part 250 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.


Sec. 250.101  [Amended]

    2. In Sec. 250.101, in the table in paragraph (e), the three 
entries for ``ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code'' are revised 
to read as follows:


Sec. 250.101  Documents incorporated by reference.

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    (e) * * *

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        Title of documents             Incorporated by reference at--
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ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure      Sec.  250.803(b)(1), (b)(1)(i); Sec.
 Vessel Code, Section I, Rules      250.1629(b)(1), (b)(1)(i).
 for Construction of Power
 Boilers, including Appendices,
 1998 Edition; July 1, 1999
 Addenda, Rules for Construction
 of Power Boilers, by ASME Boiler
 and Pressure Vessel Committee
 Subcommittee on Power Boilers;
 and all Section I
 Interpretations Volume 43.
ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure      Sec.  250.803(b)(1), (b)(1)(i); Sec.
 Vessel Code, Section IV, Rules     250.1629(b)(1), (b)(1)(i).
 for Construction of Heating
 Boilers, including Nonmandatory
 Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, H,
 I, K, and L, and the Guide to
 Manufacturers Data Report Forms,
 1998 Edition; July 1, 1999
 Addenda, Rules for Construction
 of Heating Boilers, by ASME
 Boiler and Pressure Vessel
 Committee Subcommittee on
 Heating Boilers; and all Section
 IV Interpretations Volumes 43
 and 44.

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ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure      Sec.  250.803(b)(1), (b)(1)(i); Sec.
 Vessel Code, Section VIII, Rules   250.1629(b)(1), (b)(1)(i).
 for Construction of Pressure
 Vessels, Divisions 1 and 2,
 including Nonmandatory
 Appendices, 1998 Edition; July
 1, 1999 Addenda, Rules for
 Construction of Pressure
 Vessels, by ASME Boiler and
 Pressure Vessel Committee
 Subcommittee on Pressure
 Vessels; and all Section VIII
 Interpretations, Divisions 1 and
 2, Volumes 43 and 44.
 
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    Dated: December 3, 1999.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 99-31873 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]
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