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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
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
Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
AGENCY:
On September 28, 2018, the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE) published a final
rule that revised certain BSEEadministered 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:
regs@bsee.gov.
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
SUMMARY:
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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
1. The authority citation for part 250
continues to read as follows:
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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 § 250.842 to read as follows:
§ 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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You must submit:
Details and/or additional requirements:
(1) Safety analysis flow diagram (API RP 14C,
Annex B) and Safety Analysis Function Evaluation (SAFE) chart (API RP 14C, section
6.3.3)
(incorporated
by
reference
in
§ 250.198)
Your safety analysis flow diagram must show the following:
(i) Well shut-in tubing pressure;
(ii) Pressure relieving device set points;
(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 § 250.198); and
(vi) Piping sizes and maximum allowable working pressures as determined in accordance
with API RP 14E (incorporated by reference in § 250.198), including the locations of
piping specification breaks.
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.
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 § 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.
A detailed flow diagram which shows the piping and vessels in the process flow, together with
the instrumentation and control devices.
The fee you must pay will be determined by the number of components involved in the review
and approval process.
(2) Electrical one-line diagram;
(3) Area classification diagram;
(4) A piping and instrumentation diagram, for
new facilities;
(5) The service fee listed in § 250.125;
(b) You must develop and maintain
the following design documents and
make them available to BSEE upon
request:
Diagram:
Details and/or additional requirements:
(1) Additional electrical system information;
(i) Cable tray/conduit routing plan 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.
Showing a functional block diagram 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.
A detailed flow diagram which shows the piping and vessels in the process flow, together with
the instrumentation and control devices.
(2) Schematics of the fire and gas-detection
systems;
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(3) Revised piping and instrumentation diagram
for existing facilities;
(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 § 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
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(3) That a hazards analysis was
performed in accordance with
§ 250.1911 and API RP 14J (incorporated
by reference in § 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.’’
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(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.
3. Amend § 250.851 by revising
paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:
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§ 250.851 Pressure vessels (including heat
exchangers) and fired vessels.
(a) * * *
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Applicable codes and requirements
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(2) Existing uncoded pressure and fired vessels:
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Must be justified and approval 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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§ 250.873
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4. Amend § 250.873 by revising
paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows:
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Subsea gas lift requirements.
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(b) * * *
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Then you must install a
If your subsea gas
lift system introduces the lift gas
to the . . .
ANSI/API Spec 6A and API Spec 6AV1 (both incorporated by reference as specified in § 250.198)
gas-lift shutdown valve (GLSDV), and . . .
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(3) Pipeline risers
Meet all of the requirements for the GLSDV devia a gas-lift line
scribed in §§ 250.835(a), (b), and (d) and
contained within
250.836 on the gas-lift supply pipeline.
the pipeline riser.
FSV on the gaslift supply pipeline . . .
PSHL on the
gas-lift supply
. . .
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upstream (inboard) of the
GLSDV.
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flowline upstream (inboard) of the
FSV.
ANSI/API Spec
6A and
API Spec 6AV1
manual
isolation valve
. . .
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downstream (out
board) of the
GLSDV.
Attach the GLSDV by flanged connection directly
to the ANSI/API Spec. 6A component used to
suspend and seal the gas-lift line contained
within the production riser. To facilitate the repair or replacement of the GLSDV or production
riser BSDV, you may install a manual isolation
valve between the GLSDV and the ANSI/API
Spec. 6A component used to suspend and seal
the gas-lift line contained within the production
riser, or outboard of the production riser BSDV
and inboard of the ANSI/API Spec. 6A component used to suspend and seal the gas-lift line
contained within the production riser.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
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Office of the Secretary
[FR Doc. 2019–11079 Filed 5–28–19; 8:45 am]
32 CFR Part 275
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[Docket ID: DOD–2018–OS–0026]
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Department of Defense.
Final rule.
This rule describes the
procedures the Department of Defense
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(i) Ensure that the gas-lift supply
flowline from the gas-lift compressor to the GLSDV is pressure-rated for the MAOP of the
pipeline riser.
(ii) Ensure that any surface
equipment associated with the
gas-lift system is rated for the
MAOP of the pipeline riser.
(iii) Ensure that the gas-lift compressor discharge pressure
never exceeds the MAOP of
the pipeline riser.
(iv) Suspend and seal the gas-lift
flowline contained within the
production riser in a flanged
ANSI/API Spec. 6A component
such as an ANSI/API Spec. 6A
tubing head and tubing 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.
(DoD) will follow when seeking access
to customer records maintained by
financial institutions. These updates
fulfill DoD’s responsibilities under the
Right to Financial Privacy Act.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
June 28, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cindy Allard, (703) 571–0086.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Joseph R. Balash,
Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[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
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
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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:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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