Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems; Corrections
Published date | 29 May 2019 |
Citation | 84 FR 24705 |
Record Number | 2019-11079 |
Section | Rules and Regulations |
Court | Safety And Environmental Enforcement Bureau |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2019)
[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 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 0 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: [[Page 24706]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details and/or additional You must submit: requirements: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (b) You must develop and maintain the following design documents and make them available to BSEE upon request: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details and/or additional Diagram: requirements: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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. 0 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. (a) * * * [[Page 24707]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Applicable codes and Item name requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * * * * * * (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. * * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * * * * 0 4. Amend Sec. 250.873 by revising paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows: Sec. 250.873 Subsea gas lift requirements. * * * * * (b) * * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then you must install a ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 . . . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * (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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * Joseph R. Balash, Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals. [FR Doc. 2019-11079 Filed 5-28-19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-VH-P