NTL 2005-G02 - Deepwater Ocean Current Monitoring on Floating Facilities - March 31, 2005

This Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) supersedes NTL No. 2004-G21, issued November 24, 2004. It provides for the submittal of oceanographic data and current monitoring information to MMS via a single publicly available Internet website. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) regulation at 30 CFR 250.904(c) requires you to make a thorough assessment of all design and operating environmental conditions expected to occur at the platform site over the life of the platform. The regulations at 30 CFR 250.107(c) and (d) require you to use the best available and safest technology whenever practical during all exploration, development, and production operations to avoid the failure of equipment that would have a significant effect on safety, health, or the environment. The MMS regulation at 30 CFR 250.300(a) requires you to take measures to prevent unauthorized discharge of pollutants into the offshore waters.