[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24705-24707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11079]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
30 CFR Part 250
[Docket ID: BSEE-2017-0008; 190E1700D2 ETISF0000.EAQ000 EEEE500000]
RIN 1014-AA37
Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental
Shelf--Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems; Corrections
AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: On September 28, 2018, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE) published a final rule that revised certain BSEE-
administered regulations. This document corrects the final regulations.
DATES: Effective on May 29, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Odom, Regulations and Standards
Branch, 703-787-1775 or by email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BSEE published the final rule: Oil and Gas
and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf--Oil and Gas
Production Safety Systems (1014-AA37), on September 28, 2018 (83 FR
49216). This correction to that publication is necessary to modify the
amendatory instructions in the regulatory text of the final rule
related to the formatting of certain tables. The Office of the Federal
Register has informed BSEE that it must remove the instruction to print
certain tables in the final regulatory text as photographs in the
Federal Register publication in order to facilitate the printing of the
final regulatory text in the Code of Federal Regulations by the
Government Publishing Office. Accordingly, BSEE publishes this
correction so that the tables as printed in the Federal Register are
formatted to be more readily susceptible to publication in the Code of
Federal Regulations. This correction is clerical in nature only, and
does not impact the substantive requirements of the final rule.
List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 250
Administrative practice and procedure, Continental shelf,
Continental shelf--mineral resources, Continental shelf--rights-of-way,
Environmental impact statements, Environmental protection, Government
contracts, Incorporation by reference, Investigations, Oil and gas
exploration, Penalties, Pipelines, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) amends 30 CFR part 250 as follows:
PART 250--OIL AND GAS AND SULFUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER
CONTINENTAL SHELF
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1. The authority citation for part 250 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C.
1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.
Subpart H--Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems
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2. Revise Sec. 250.842 to read as follows:
Sec. 250.842 Approval of safety systems design and installation
features.
(a) Before you install or modify a production safety system, you
must submit a production safety system application to the District
Manager. The District Manager must approve your production safety
system application before you commence production through or otherwise
use the new or modified system. The application must include the design
documentation prescribed as follows:
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Details and/or additional
You must submit: requirements:
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(1) Safety analysis flow diagram Your safety analysis flow diagram
(API RP 14C, Annex B) and Safety must show the following:
Analysis Function Evaluation (i) Well shut-in tubing pressure;
(SAFE) chart (API RP 14C, section (ii) Pressure relieving device set
6.3.3) (incorporated by reference points;
in Sec. 250.198) (iii) Size, capacity, and design
working pressures of separators,
flare scrubbers, heat exchangers,
treaters, storage tanks,
compressors, and metering devices;
(iv) Size, capacity, design
working pressures, and maximum
discharge pressure of
hydrocarbon-handling pumps;
(v) Size, capacity, and design
working pressures of hydrocarbon-
handling vessels, and chemical
injection systems handling a
material having a flash point
below 100 degrees Fahrenheit for
a Class I flammable liquid as
described in API RP 500 and API
RP 505 (both incorporated by
reference in Sec. 250.198);
and
(vi) Piping sizes and maximum
allowable working pressures as
determined in accordance with
API RP 14E (incorporated by
reference in Sec. 250.198),
including the locations of
piping specification breaks.
(2) Electrical one-line diagram; Showing elements including
generators, circuit breakers,
transformers, bus bars, conductors,
automatic transfer switches,
uninterruptable power supply (UPS)
and associated battery banks,
dynamic (motor) loads, and static
loads (e.g., electrostatic treater
grid, lighting panels). You must
also include a functional legend.
(3) Area classification diagram; A plan for each platform deck and
outlining all classified areas. You
must classify areas according to
API RP 500 or API RP 505 (both
incorporated by reference in Sec.
250.198). The plan must contain:
(i) All major production equipment,
wells, and other significant
hydrocarbon and class 1 flammable
sources, and a description of the
type of decking, ceiling, walls
(e.g., grating or solid), and
firewalls; and
(ii) The location of generators and
any buildings (e.g., control rooms
and motor control center (MCC)
buildings) or major structures on
the platform.
(4) A piping and instrumentation A detailed flow diagram which shows
diagram, for new facilities; the piping and vessels in the
process flow, together with the
instrumentation and control
devices.
(5) The service fee listed in Sec. The fee you must pay will be
250.125; determined by the number of
components involved in the review
and approval process.
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(b) You must develop and maintain the following design documents
and make them available to BSEE upon request:
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Details and/or additional
Diagram: requirements:
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(1) Additional electrical system (i) Cable tray/conduit routing plan
information; that identifies the primary wiring
method (e.g., type cable, cable
schedule, conduit, wire); and
(ii) Panel board/junction box
location plan, if this information
is not shown on the area
classification diagram required in
paragraph (a)(3) of this section.
(2) Schematics of the fire and gas- Showing a functional block diagram
detection systems; of the detection system, including
the electrical power supply and
also including the type, location,
and number of detection sensors;
the type and kind of alarms,
including emergency equipment to be
activated; and the method used for
detection.
(3) Revised piping and A detailed flow diagram which shows
instrumentation diagram for the piping and vessels in the
existing facilities; process flow, together with the
instrumentation and control
devices.
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(c) In the production safety system application, you must also
certify the following:
(1) That all electrical systems were designed according to API RP
14F or API RP 14FZ, as applicable (incorporated by reference in Sec.
250.198);
(2) That the design documents for the mechanical and electrical
systems that you are required to submit under paragraph (a) of this
section are sealed by a licensed professional engineer. For modified
systems, only the modifications are required to be sealed by a licensed
professional engineer(s). The professional engineer must be licensed in
a State or Territory of the United States and have sufficient expertise
and experience to perform the duties; and
(3) That a hazards analysis was performed in accordance with Sec.
250.1911 and API RP 14J (incorporated by reference in Sec. 250.198),
and that you have a hazards analysis program in place to assess
potential hazards during the operation of the facility.
(d) Within 90 days after placing new or modified production safety
systems in service, you must submit to the District Manager the as-
built diagrams for the new or modified production safety systems
outlined in paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. You must
certify in an accompanying letter that the as-built design documents
have been reviewed for compliance with applicable regulations and
accurately represent the new or modified system as installed. The
drawings must be clearly marked ``as-built.''
(e) You must maintain approved and supporting design documents
required under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section at your offshore
field office nearest the OCS facility or at other locations
conveniently available to the District Manager. These documents must be
made available to BSEE upon request and must be retained for the life
of the facility. All approved designs are subject to field
verifications.
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3. Amend Sec. 250.851 by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:
Sec. 250.851 Pressure vessels (including heat exchangers) and fired
vessels.
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Applicable codes and
Item name requirements
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(2) Existing uncoded pressure and fired Must be justified and approval
vessels: obtained from the District
Manager for their continued
use.
(i) With an operating pressure
greater than 15 psig; and
(ii) That are not code stamped in
accordance with the ASME Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Code.
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4. Amend Sec. 250.873 by revising paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows:
Sec. 250.873 Subsea gas lift requirements.
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(b) * * *
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Then you must install a
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If your subsea gas lift system ANSI/API Spec 6A and API Spec
introduces the lift gas to the . 6AV1 (both incorporated by FSV on the gas- ANSI/API Spec 6A In addition, you must
. . reference as specified in Sec. lift supply PSHL on the gas- and API Spec 6AV1
250.198) gas-lift shutdown valve pipeline . . . lift supply . . . manual isolation
(GLSDV), and . . . valve . . .
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(3) Pipeline risers via a gas- Meet all of the requirements for upstream (in- flowline upstream downstream (out (i) Ensure that the gas-
lift line contained within the the GLSDV described in Sec. board) of the (in-board) of the board) of the lift supply flowline
pipeline riser. Sec. 250.835(a), (b), and (d) GLSDV. FSV. GLSDV. from the gas-lift
and 250.836 on the gas-lift compressor to the
supply pipeline. GLSDV is pressure-
rated for the MAOP of
the pipeline riser.
Attach the GLSDV by flanged (ii) Ensure that any
connection directly to the ANSI/ surface equipment
API Spec. 6A component used to associated with the
suspend and seal the gas-lift gas-lift system is
line contained within the rated for the MAOP of
production riser. To facilitate the pipeline riser.
the repair or replacement of the (iii) Ensure that the
GLSDV or production riser BSDV, gas-lift compressor
you may install a manual discharge pressure
isolation valve between the never exceeds the MAOP
GLSDV and the ANSI/API Spec. 6A of the pipeline riser.
component used to suspend and (iv) Suspend and seal
seal the gas-lift line contained the gas-lift flowline
within the production riser, or contained within the
outboard of the production riser production riser in a
BSDV and inboard of the ANSI/API flanged ANSI/API Spec.
Spec. 6A component used to 6A component such as
suspend and seal the gas-lift an ANSI/API Spec. 6A
line contained within the tubing head and tubing
production riser. hanger or a component
designed, constructed,
tested, and installed
to the requirements of
ANSI/API Spec. 6A.
(v) Ensure that all
potential leak paths
upstream or near the
production riser BSDV
on the platform
provide the same level
of safety and
environmental
protection as the
production riser BSDV.
(vi) Ensure that this
complete assembly is
fire-rated for 30
minutes.
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Joseph R. Balash,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 2019-11079 Filed 5-28-19; 8:45 am]
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