[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11122-11123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05286]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

[DOI-2018-0015; 19XE1700DX EECC000000 EX1EX0000.G40000]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Rescindment of a system of records notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement is issuing a public notice of its intent to 
rescind the Privacy Act system of records notice, INTERIOR/MMS-12, 
Lessee/Operator Training Files from its existing inventory. The Lessee/
Operator Training Files system of records was managed by the former 
Minerals Management Service in accordance with the Well Control and 
Production Safety Training regulation. Under this regulation, the 
Minerals Management Service accredited institutions to train lessee and 
operator personnel and to certify that they were competent and safe to 
work on the Outer Continental Shelf. Revisions to the regulation in 
October 2000 eliminated requirements for the Minerals Management 
Service to accredit institutions and for those institutions to provide 
copies of training certificates on individuals to the Minerals 
Management Service. The materials associated with these eliminated 
requirements were the subject matter of the relevant system of records. 
Subsequently, upon the dissolution of the Minerals Management Service, 
the responsibility for this system of records was transferred to the 
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which is now formally 
rescinding the INTERIOR/MMS-12, Lessee/Operator Training Files system 
of records notice.

DATES: These changes take effect upon publication.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number [DOI-
2018-0015], by any of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

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     Mail: Teri Barnett, Departmental Privacy Officer, U.S. 
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Room 7112, Washington, DC 
20240.
     Hand-delivering comments to Teri Barnett, Departmental 
Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, 
Room 7112, Washington, DC 20240.
     Email: [email protected].
    All submissions received must include the agency name and docket 
number. All comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. You 
should be aware your entire comment including your personal identifying 
information, such as your address, phone number, email address, or any 
other personal identifying information in your comment, may be made 
publicly available at any time. While you may request to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee we will be able to do so.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rowena Dufford, Associate Privacy 
Officer, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 45600 Woodland 
Road, Mail Stop VAE-MSD, Sterling, VA 20166, email at [email protected] 
or by telephone at (703) 787-1257.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The former Minerals Management Service (MMS) 
described the requirements for lessees and operators to train their 
personnel in 30 Code of Federal Regulations Part 250, Subpart O, Well 
Control and Production Safety Training. This regulation assigned 
responsibility to MMS for oversight of training for well control and 
production safety systems, and oversight of MMS accredited institutions 
to train and certify lessee and operator personnel to work competently 
and safely on the Outer Continental Shelf. Training organizations were 
required to provide copies of training certificates, which included the 
individual's full name, Social Security number, and training completion 
date, among other categories of records, which were maintained under 
Privacy Act system of records notice (SORN), INTERIOR/MMS-12, Lessee/
Operator Training Files.
    In October 2000, the regulation was amended to reassign 
responsibilities for overseeing well control and production safety 
training to lessees and operators. When the regulation went into 
effect, the records associated with the regulation no longer met the 
Privacy Act standard for a system of records and eliminated the need 
for the SORN. The records covered by this SORN were disposed of in 
accordance with the prevailing records retention schedule.
    In May 2010, Secretary's Order 3299 directed the division of MMS 
into three independent entities with separate and clearly defined 
missions: The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Office of Natural 
Resources Revenue. Responsibilities for this system of records notice 
transferred to BSEE. Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is 
formally rescinding the INTERIOR/MMS-12, Lessee/Operator Training Files 
system of records notice from its system of records inventory. 
Rescinding the INTERIOR/MMS-12, Lessee/Operator Training Files system 
of records notice will have no adverse impacts on individuals as the 
records were disposed of in accordance with the records retention 
schedule. This rescindment will also promote the overall streamlining 
and management of Department of the Interior Privacy Act systems of 
records.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    INTERIOR/MMS-12, Lessee/Operator Training Files.

HISTORY:
    64 FR 8118 (February 18, 1999); modification published at 74 FR 
42922 (August 25, 2009).

Teri Barnett,
Departmental Privacy Officer, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2019-05286 Filed 3-22-19; 8:45 am]
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