Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems; Corrections

Published date29 May 2019
Citation84 FR 24705
Record Number2019-11079
SectionRules and Regulations
CourtSafety 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]
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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.
                 (a) * * *
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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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