Yesterday, BSEE Associate Director of Strategic Engagement Allyson Anderson Book, spoke at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Oil Spill Response Forum in Durham, N.H.
Washington- The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking today in the Federal Register Reading Room soliciting public comments on improving the safety of helideck and aviation fuel operations on fixed offshore facilities. This notice is the most recent step in BSEE’s continued efforts to strengthen safety on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Today, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno and U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Paul Thomas signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for regulating fixed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) facilities. Through this agreement, both BSEE and the Coast Guard will review regulatory responsibilities for systems and sub-systems on fixed OCS facilities and collaborate on joint training activities.
BSEE Director Brian Salerno visits Shell's Arctic Challenger and meets with senior leaders from the U.S. Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping.
September 30, 2013- On October 1, 2013 the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) will publish a final rule that will amend the BSEE oil and gas resources regulations to update some fees that cover BSEE's cost of processing and filing certain documents relating to its oil and gas resources program.
BOP Forum Presentations.
Policy Offers Alternative to OCS Structure Destruction From the first signature on a lease, offshore operators know that they will have to clean up the area after they build, drill, and produce hydrocarbons (oil and natural gas). The most common way to clean up includes destroying the superstructure by breaking
Background Information eWell: A Good System Made Better, Post-Katrina Energy from Offshore Sources for America: It Begins with a Plan MMS: Dedicated to Providing Energy and Economic Value for Americans Your Federal Partners: Working Together for Offshore Safety
2011 Federal Register Notices Advance Notice of Proposed Rules: (none) Notice of Proposed Rules (2011) Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf—Revisions to Safety and Environmental Management Systems (94.99 KB) Regulatory Identifier Number: 1010-AD73 Federal Register Cite:
BSEE Governing Statutes The Submerged Lands Act (SLA) of 1953 grants individual States rights to the natural resources of submerged lands from the coastline to no more than 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) into the Atlantic, Pacific, the Arctic Oceans, and the Gulf of Mexico. The only exceptions are Texas and the west
