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Federal Register: August 14, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 157)Rules and RegulationsPage 43624From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr14au98-16

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Part 253

RIN 1010-AC33

Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of public workshops.

SUMMARY: We will hold public workshops in Houston, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Camarillo, California, on how to comply with the new regulation on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities.

DATES: The workshop dates are: Houston--September 1, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.; New Orleans--September 15, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.; and Camarillo-- September 24, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop locations are: Houston--Marriott West Loop, 1750 West Loop South, Ballroom Salons A through D, Houston, Texas; New Orleans--MMS Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Office, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 111, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Camarillo--MMS Pacific OCS Region Office, 770 Paseo Camarillo, Room 202-A, Camarillo, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Waddell, Adjudication Unit Supervisor, at (504) 736-1710.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final regulation on Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1998 (63 FR 42699), and the rule will go into effect on October 13, 1998. The purpose of the workshops is to provide people who are affected by the rule with information on how to comply. The workshop format will be an MMS presentation followed by a question and answer session.

Dated: August 11, 1998. Elmer P. Danenberger, Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

FR Doc. 98-21926Filed8-13-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4310-MR-M

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