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DOT/RSPA

RIN: 2137-AC99

Publication ID: Spring 1998

Title: Regulations Implementing Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of the Interior
Abstract: In December 1996 the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Interior signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the sharing of regulatory responsibilities for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) pipelines between the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) and the Minerals Management Service (MMS). This new agreement replaces a 1976 MOU. The new MOU allows MMS to perform routine inspections of DOT-subject facilities located on offshore platforms, with referral of enforcement actions to OPS. It also sets up a coordinated program of offshore operator inspections. This Direct Final Rule is designed to update the pipeline safety regulations to reflect features of the new MOU regarding the boundary between MMS and OPS regulatory oversight.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 192 49 CFR 195
Legal Authority: 49 USC 60101 to 60125

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Direct Final Rule	11/19/1997	62 FR 61692
Direct Final Rule Effective	03/19/1998	62 FR 61692
Confirmation of Direct Final Rule	04/00/1998

Additional Information: Docket No. RSPA-97-2096.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Fred Joyner Senior Engineer Department of Transportation Research and Special Programs Administration 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-3530