[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3126-3127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1201]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Part 250

RIN 1010-AC32


Postlease Operations Safety

AGENCY:  Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION:  Corrections to final regulations.

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SUMMARY:  This document contains corrections to the final regulations 
which were published Tuesday, December 28, 1999 (64 FR 72756). The 
regulations related to postlease operations safety. These corrections 
relate to an incorrect citation in the preamble to the published final 
regulations and to three documents incorporated by reference on Boiler 
and Pressure Vessel Codes.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 27, 2000.
    The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in 
these rules was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 
December 15, 1999, and January 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Kumkum Ray, (703) 787-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final regulations that are the subject of these corrections 
supersede 30 CFR 250, subpart A, General, regulations on the effective 
date and affect all operators and lessees on the Outer Continental 
Shelf.
    With respect to the correction of the three documents incorporated 
by reference, on December 15, 1999 (64 FR 69923), MMS published a 
technical amendment to Sec. 250.101, ``Documents incorporated by 
reference,'' to update versions of the ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure 
Vessel Code, Sections I, IV, and

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VIII. MMS had determined that the 1998 edition, with the 1999 
amendment, provided a degree of safety equal to the previously 
incorporated 1995 edition, as had been determined by industry. The 
technical amendment was effective on December 15, 1999. We had expected 
the publication of the final rule superseding 30 CFR 250, subpart A, to 
be published and become effective much sooner than actually occurred. 
As published, this final rule redesignates Sec. 250.101 as Sec. 250.198 
and repeats the entire table of all of our documents incorporated by 
reference. However, it does not reflect the technical amendments to the 
ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Sections I, IV, and VIII 
documents that were updated with an effective date prior to the 
publication of 30 CFR 250, subpart A, regulations. Therefore, when the 
subpart A regulations take effect on January 27, 2000, unless corrected 
they will reverse the effect of the technical amendment updating the 
three documents. We are correcting this inadvertent mistake.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulations contain errors which may prove 
to be misleading and are in need of clarification.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on December 28, 1999, of the final 
regulations, which were the subject of FR Doc. 99-31869, is corrected 
as follows:

Preamble [Corrected]

    On page 72757, in the first column, in the second ``bulletted'' 
paragraph, in the fourth sentence, the citation ``Sec. 250.175(b)(1)'' 
is corrected to read ``Sec. 250.174''.


Sec. 250.198  [Corrected]

    On page 72790, in the table in paragraph (e), the three entries for 
``ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code'' are corrected to read as 
follows:


Sec. 250.198  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 Vessel Code, Section I,   Sec.  250.803(b)(1), (b)(1)(i);
 Rules for Construction of Power Boilers, including     Sec.  250.1629(b)(1), (b)(1)(i).
 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 Vessel Code, Section IV,  Sec.  250.803(b)(1), (b)(1)(i);
 Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers, including   Sec.  250.1629(b)(1), (b)(1)(i).
 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..
ANSI/ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section      Sec.  250.803(b)(1), (b)(1)(i);
 VIII, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels,      Sec.  250.1629(b)(1), (b)(1)(i).
 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: January 5, 2000.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 00-1201 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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