Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf—Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way (4186 KB)

Regulatory Identifier Number: 1010-AD11
Federal Register Cite: Vol. 72, No. 191, FR 56442 (10/03/2007)

Summary: This proposed rulemaking completely revises the MMS Outer Continental Shelf pipeline and pipeline Rights-of-Way (ROW) regulations, and brings them up to date with current industry practices and technology. The proposed rule incorporates parts of several new and revised industry standards into the regulations. It also incorporates several conditions of approval for pipelines, plus guidance from various Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) and one Letter to Lessees and Operators (LTL) into one set of comprehensive pipeline regulations. The proposed regulations would eliminate several NTLs and the LTL, and have been rewritten in plain language.

All the links below are Adobe's PDF files. This page contains the public comments on this proposed rule received from:

	TransCanada Vern Meier November 20, 2007
	TransCanada Vern Meier October 26, 2007
	Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. Patrick F. Carey, P.E. November 1, 2007
	Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Syed M. Khalil January 29, 2008
	Southern Natural Gas Co. Patrick F. Carey, P.E. November 1, 2007
	Seascape Technical Resources Richard Seeger January 31, 2008
	Seascape Technical Resources Richard Seeger January 29, 2008
	REPSOL E&P USA Inc. Roy Robinson January 23, 2008
	Panhandle Energy Eric Amundsen January 11, 2008
	Panhandle Energy Jerry Rau November 2, 2007
	Panhandle Energy Jerry Rau January 31, 2008
	Panhandle Energy Eric Amundsen October 22, 2007
	North Slope Borough Johnny Aiken January 31, 2008
	North Slope Borough Johnny Aiken January 28, 2008
	North Alaska Environmental Center Pamela Miller January 31, 2008
	Texas Excavation Safety System Jack Garrett January 31, 2008
	Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) Terry D. Boss January 16, 2008
	INGAA Terry D. Boss January 11, 2008
	INGAA Terry D. Boss October 23, 2007
	Enterprise Products Dennis A. Jahde January 30, 2008
	Cook Inletkeeper Bob Shavelson Pipeline Safety Trust Carl Weimer January 27, 2008
	Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council Michael Munger January 18, 2008