MMS, Coast Guard to hold workshop on OCS jurisdiction issues

The Minerals Management Service and the U.S. Coast Guard will hold a joint workshop in Houston on Apr. 12 to discuss the Coast Guard's transfer of the responsibility of inspecting and enforcing its regulations for fixed facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf to MMS.

April 5, 2002

By the OGJ Online Staff

WASHINGTON, DC, Apr. 5 --The Minerals Management Service and the US Coast Guard will hold a joint workshop in Houston on Apr. 12 to discuss the Coast Guard's transfer of the responsibility of inspecting and enforcing its regulations for fixed facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf to MMS.
The Coast Guard published a final rule in the Federal Register Feb. 7, making the transfer official. Because MMS has since received a number of queries from the offshore oil and gas industry, it decided to hold the workshop jointly with the Coast Guard to answer questions on how the transfer will be implemented.
MMS said the meeting agenda will discuss the history of the rulemaking, overviews of the MMS and Coast Guard inspection programs, and a presentation of how the integrated inspection program will work. A question-and-answer session will follow.
The workshop will take place at the Sheraton North Houston Hotel Amphitheater at George Bush International Airport.