99-10737. Training of Lessee and Contractor Employees Engaged in Oil and Gas and 'Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23029-23030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10737]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Part 250


Training of Lessee and Contractor Employees Engaged in Oil and 
Gas and 'Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public workshop that MMS will conduct 
to discuss our proposed revision of the training regulations at 30 CFR 
Part 250, Subpart O. This workshop will provide the public an 
opportunity to comment on the proposed rule.

DATES: The date of the public workshop is June 10, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 12:30 p.m., at the location listed in the address section.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held in the ballroom of the Sheraton 
Crown Hotel, 15700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032. For 
directions, please call Ms. Donna Daniels of the Sheraton at (281) 442-
5100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wilbon Rhome, MMS, Operations 
Analysis Branch, telephone [phone], Fax [phone], or email 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goal of this workshop is to give the 
public an opportunity to provide MMS input on our proposal and to 
discuss our plans to use a series of performance measures to 
periodically assess lessee and contractor training programs. These 
measures may include the following: (1) audits; (2) written testing; 
(3) hands-on testing; and/or (4) employee interviews. Under the 
proposed rule, MMS would allow lessees and contractors to develop and 
implement their own training programs. They will also have the 
flexibility to

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develop alternative training programs. The MMS published the proposed 
rule in the Federal Register on April 20, 1999 (63 FR 19318). We will 
be accepting comments throughout the 90-day comment period, which 
closes on July 19, 1999.

Registration

    The workshop will not have a registration fee. However, to assess 
the probable number of participants, MMS asks participants to register 
by contacting Wilbon Rhome by June 1, 1999, at the phone numbers or 
email address provided for further information.

Proceedings

    Proceedings will be transcribed and copies will be available for 
purchase. We will provide details for obtaining copies of the 
proceedings during the workshop.

    Dated: April 21, 1999.
E. P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 99-10737 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]
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