Improving the Safety of Marine Pipelines (1994) / Chapter Skim
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6 Regulatory Jurisdiction and Enforcement
6 Regulatory Jurisdiction and Enforcement
Pages 86-93
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State agencies also share in the safety regulation of offshore pipelines. They have direct responsibility for the safety of production platforms and associated production pipelines in state waters.
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If a pipeline originating on the OCS traverses state waters, MMS verifies that state agencies have reviewed the permit application (Joint Task Force on Pipeline Safety, 1990) , but it does not inspect pipelines in state waters.
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, and transferred regulatory responsibility for oil spill prevention and response at offshore facilities from EPA to MMS and the states. MMS is preparing regulations to implement these acts, mainly through cooperative agreements with OPS and the states.2 20ffshore state waters, for the purpose of defining the application of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, begin at an inshore baseline defined as the "coastal line" and extend seaward for three miles (three marine leagues in Texas)
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Ultimately, MMS plans to add pipelines in state waters to its current map of all pipelines on the OCS (personal communication, Alexander Alvarado, Minerals Management Service, February 3, 1993~. A complicating factor under OPA is that state regulations for offshore pipelines are not preempted by federal oil prevention and spill response regulations.
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MMS is seeking cooperative agreements with responsible state agencies so that states may administer prevention programs (personal communication, Alexander Alvarado, Minerals Management Service, May 13, 1993~. Coastal Zone Management Plans States administer Coastal Zone Management Plans (under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act)
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NOTES: Alabama: CAB = Coastal Area Board; PSC-PS = Public Services Commission, Pipeline Safety Section; 0GB = Oil and Gas Board; DEM = Department of Environmental Management. California: SFM = State Fire Marshall; PUC = Public Utilities Commission; SLC = State Lands Commission; DOG-DOG = Department of Conservation, Division of Oil and Gas; DFG-OSPR = Department of Fish and Game, Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response.
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In addition, because the facilities are operationally connected, integrated inspections by a single agency would produce better evaluations of overall system integrity and safety. Such an expansion of MMS's responsibilities would also be consistent with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which extends MMS authority beyond production operations on the OCS the agency's traditional regulatory sphere to cover all offshore oil and gas pipelines.
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State agencies, with regulatory jurisdiction over intrastate production pipelines, sometimes apply OPS regulations devised for transmission pipelines, rather than regulations more appropriate to production pipelines. REFERENCES Alvarado, A., C
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