80 FR 31560 - Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 106 (June 3, 2015)
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 106 (June 3, 2015)
| Page Range | 31560-31560 | |
| FR Document | 2015-13499 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 31560] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-13499] [[Page 31560]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 30 CFR Part 250 [Docket ID: BSEE-2015-0002; 15XE1700DX EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000] RIN 1014-AA11 Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf--Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Interior. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The BSEE is extending the public comment period on the Notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ``Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf--Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control,'' which was published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2015. The original public comment period would have ended on June 16, 2015. However, BSEE received requests from various stakeholders to extend the comment period. The BSEE reviewed the extension requests and determined that a 30-day comment period extension--to July 16, 2015--is appropriate. DATES: The comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2015 (80 FR 21504), is extended. Written comments must be received by the extended due date of July 16, 2015. The BSEE may not fully consider comments received after this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the proposed rulemaking by any of the following methods. Please use the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 1014-AA11 as an identifier in your message.Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled Enter Keyword or ID, enter BSEE-2015-0002 then click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view supporting and related materials available for this rulemaking. The BSEE may post all submitted comments in their entirety. Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the Interior (DOI); Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; Attention: Regulations and Standards Branch; 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166. Please reference ``Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf--Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control, 1014-AA11'' in your comments and include your name and return address. Please note that this address for BSEE is new; however, any comments already submitted to BSEE's former address (381 Elden St., Herndon, VA 20171) do not need to be resubmitted to the new address. Public Availability of Comments--Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk Malstrom, Regulations and Standards Branch, 202-258-1518, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BSEE published a notice of proposed rulemaking on Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control on April 17, 2015 (80 FR 21504). This proposed rule is intended to consolidate equipment and operational requirements that are common to other subparts pertaining to offshore oil and gas drilling, completions, workovers, and decommissioning. This proposed rule would focus, at this time, on blowout preventer (BOP) requirements, including incorporation of industry standards and revision of existing regulations. The proposed rule would also include reforms in the areas of well design, well control, casing, cementing, real-time well monitoring, and subsea containment. The proposed rule would address and implement multiple recommendations resulting from various investigations of the Deepwater Horizon incident. This proposed rule would also incorporate guidance from several Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) and revise provisions related to drilling, workover, completion, and decommissioning operations to enhance safety and environmental protection. After publication of the proposed rule, BSEE received requests from various stakeholders asking BSEE to extend the comment period on the proposed rule. The majority of those requests sought extensions of 120 days, which would triple the length of the original 60-day comment period. One comment requested a 30-day extension. BSEE also received a written comment from another stakeholder urging BSEE not to extend the comment period because the proposed rule has been in development since the Deepwater Horizon incident, is based on recommendations resulting from that incident, and represents a critical regulatory improvement that should be finalized without delay. The BSEE has considered those requests and has determined that extending the original 60-day comment period by an additional 30 days will provide sufficient additional time for review of and comment on the proposal without unduly delaying a final rulemaking decision. Accordingly, written comments must be submitted by the extended due date of July 16, 2015. The BSEE may not fully consider comments received after this date. Dated: May 28, 2015. Janice M. Schneider, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management. [FR Doc. 2015-13499 Filed 6-2-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-VH-P
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Operations on the Outer Continental not to extend the comment period
Shelf—Blowout Preventer Systems and because the proposed rule has been in
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Well Control, 1014–AA11’’ in your development since the Deepwater
Enforcement comments and include your name and Horizon incident, is based on
return address. Please note that this recommendations resulting from that
30 CFR Part 250 address for BSEE is new; however, any incident, and represents a critical
[Docket ID: BSEE–2015–0002; 15XE1700DX comments already submitted to BSEE’s regulatory improvement that should be
EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000] former address (381 Elden St., Herndon, finalized without delay.
VA 20171) do not need to be The BSEE has considered those
RIN 1014–AA11 resubmitted to the new address. requests and has determined that
• Public Availability of Comments— extending the original 60-day comment
Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations period by an additional 30 days will
Before including your address, phone
on the Outer Continental Shelf— provide sufficient additional time for
number, email address, or other
Blowout Preventer Systems and Well review of and comment on the proposal
personal identifying information in your
Control without unduly delaying a final
comment, you should be aware that
AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and your entire comment—including your rulemaking decision. Accordingly,
Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), personal identifying information—may written comments must be submitted by
Interior. be made publicly available at any time. the extended due date of July 16, 2015.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; While you can ask us in your comment The BSEE may not fully consider
extension of comment period. to withhold your personal identifying comments received after this date.
information from public review, we Dated: May 28, 2015.
SUMMARY: The BSEE is extending the cannot guarantee that we will be able to Janice M. Schneider,
public comment period on the Notice of do so. Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals
proposed rulemaking entitled ‘‘Oil and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk Management.
Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Malstrom, Regulations and Standards [FR Doc. 2015–13499 Filed 6–2–15; 8:45 am]
Outer Continental Shelf—Blowout Branch, 202–258–1518, Kirk.Malstrom@ BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P
Preventer Systems and Well Control,’’ bsee.gov.
which was published in the Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BSEE
Register on April 17, 2015. The original published a notice of proposed DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
public comment period would have rulemaking on Blowout Preventer
ended on June 16, 2015. However, BSEE Systems and Well Control on April 17, Bureau of Land Management
received requests from various 2015 (80 FR 21504). This proposed rule
stakeholders to extend the comment is intended to consolidate equipment 43 CFR Part 3100
period. The BSEE reviewed the and operational requirements that are
extension requests and determined that [LLWO3100 L13100000.PP0000]
common to other subparts pertaining to
a 30-day comment period extension—to offshore oil and gas drilling, RIN 1004–AE41
July 16, 2015—is appropriate. completions, workovers, and
DATES: The comment period for the Oil and Gas Leasing; Royalty on
decommissioning. This proposed rule
notice of proposed rulemaking Production, Rental Payments,
would focus, at this time, on blowout
published in the Federal Register on Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding
preventer (BOP) requirements,
April 17, 2015 (80 FR 21504), is Requirements, and Civil Penalty
including incorporation of industry
extended. Written comments must be Assessments
standards and revision of existing
received by the extended due date of regulations. The proposed rule would AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
July 16, 2015. The BSEE may not fully also include reforms in the areas of well Interior.
consider comments received after this design, well control, casing, cementing, ACTION: Advance notice of proposed
date. real-time well monitoring, and subsea rulemaking; extension of comment
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments containment. The proposed rule would period.
on the proposed rulemaking by any of address and implement multiple
the following methods. Please use the recommendations resulting from various SUMMARY: On April 21, 2015, the Bureau
Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) investigations of the Deepwater Horizon of Land Management (BLM) published
1014–AA11 as an identifier in your incident. This proposed rule would also in the Federal Register an advanced
message. incorporate guidance from several notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR)
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) to solicit public comments and
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled and revise provisions related to drilling, suggestions that may be used to update
Enter Keyword or ID, enter BSEE–2015– workover, completion, and the BLM’s regulations related to royalty
0002 then click search. Follow the decommissioning operations to enhance rates, annual rental payments, minimum
instructions to submit public comments safety and environmental protection. acceptable bids, bonding requirements,
and view supporting and related After publication of the proposed and civil penalty assessments for
materials available for this rulemaking. rule, BSEE received requests from Federal onshore oil and gas leases. In
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The BSEE may post all submitted various stakeholders asking BSEE to response to requests received for
comments in their entirety. extend the comment period on the additional time to provide comment, the
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the proposed rule. The majority of those BLM is announcing by issuance of this
Department of the Interior (DOI); Bureau requests sought extensions of 120 days, notice that the public comment period
of Safety and Environmental which would triple the length of the for the ANPR will be extended 14 days
Enforcement; Attention: Regulations original 60-day comment period. One beyond the end of the initial comment
and Standards Branch; 45600 Woodland comment requested a 30-day extension. period.
Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166. Please BSEE also received a written comment DATES: The comment period for the
reference ‘‘Oil and Gas and Sulphur from another stakeholder urging BSEE ANPR published April 21, 2015 (80 FR
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period. | |
| Dates | The comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2015 (80 FR 21504), is extended. Written comments must be received by the extended due date of July 16, 2015. The BSEE may not fully consider comments received after this date. | |
| Contact | Kirk Malstrom, Regulations and Standards Branch, 202-258-1518, [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 31560 | |
| RIN Number | 1014-AA11 |
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