Continental shelf

• Accommodation Service Provided on Vessels Engaged in U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Activities

The Coast Guard requests public comment on the appropriate standards for the design, construction, and operation of all vessels providing accommodation service on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 5039, February 01, 2012
• Notices
• Homeland Security Department

• Safety Zone; NOBLE DISCOVERER, Outer Continental Shelf Drillship, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska

The Coast Guard proposes a 500-meter safety zone around the DRILLSHIP NOBLE DISCOVERER, while anchored or deploying and recovering moorings on location in order to drill exploratory wells at various prospects located in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska, from 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2012 through 11:59 p.m. on October 31, 2012. See TABLE 1. The purpose of the temporary safety zone is to protect the drillship from vessels operating outside the normal shipping channels and fairways. Placing a safety zone around the drillship will significantly reduce the threat of allisions, which could result in oil spills, and releases of natural gas, and thereby protect the safety of life, property, and the environment. Lawful demonstrations may be conducted outside of the safe...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 10707, February 23, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Homeland Security Department

• 26 CFR 301.9001 - Statutory provisions; Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 26: Internal Revenue

• Safety Zone; KULLUK, Outer Continental Shelf Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), Beaufort Sea, AK

The Coast Guard proposes a 500-meter safety zone around the MODU KULLUK, while anchored or deploying and recovering moorings on location in order to drill exploratory wells at various prospects located in the Beaufort Sea Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska, from 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2012 through 11:59 p.m. on October 31, 2012. See TABLE 1. The purpose of the temporary safety zones is to protect the MODU from vessels operating outside the normal shipping channels and fairways. Placing a safety zone around the MODU will significantly reduce the threat of allisions that could result in oil spills, and releases of natural gas, and thereby protect the safety of life, property, and the environment. Lawful demonstrations may be conducted outside of the safety zone.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 10711, February 23, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Homeland Security Department

• Proposed Reissuance of the NPDES General Permits for Oil and Gas Exploration Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf and Contiguous State Waters in the Beaufort Sea and on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Chukchi Sea

EPA Region 10 proposes to reissue the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permits for Oil and Gas Exploration Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf and Contiguous State Waters in the Beaufort Sea (Permit No. AKG-28-2100) and on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Chukchi Sea (Permit No. AKG-28-8100). As proposed, the Beaufort and Chukchi general permits would authorize thirteen types of discharges from facilities engaged in field exploration and drilling activities under the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category (40 CFR Part 425, Subpart A), as authorized by Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (CWA or ``the Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1342. State Certification of Beaufort General Permit: Section 401 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341, requi...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 4813, January 31, 2012
• Notices
• Environmental Protection Agency

• Information Collection Activities: Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf for Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) for approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf for Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the revised paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 15118, March 14, 2012
• Notices
• Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau

• Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf:

• FR, September 14, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

• Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations:

• FR, March 22, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Environmental Protection Agency

• Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in Outer Continental Shelf:

• FR, October 14, 2010
• Rules
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

• Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Virginia-Call for Information and Nominations

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 5545, February 03, 2012
• Notices
• Ocean Energy Management Bureau