Disposal of Offshore Platforms (1985)

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APPENDIX B FEDERAL REGISTER REQUEST FOR CO - ENTS AND LIST OF RESPONDENTS O6PAI~EtU OF -~E IN M1~1e Management 5 34 CF~ Part 250 011 and Gas and S~phur~ h Outs Cam Shot a~= ~e M~ - t Into. Acre Adze N~ of ~ - Rulanekin~ .- eva~r: - e h(locrele Menagemcnt Scone (MMS} h req~esdog spoon to que~i~ "yarding the venoms technology 01. and~al component. involved In ~ Ox Part 250 concerning removal of Tucson platfonne. This Advents Abe te to solicit comments DASE: Comments must be postmarked or received no later then December Ad. 1984. . ADO.Ess: Written comments abould be submitted to the Department of ~ Interior. Minerals Unguent Senice. 52203 Sunrise Valley Drive. Mall Stop 64B. Room BAt10. Restcm. V—nis 2ZOBL Attention: David ~ Schuenlce. Ron f~rarHen ~fOna~T~ co—Em: Dewd ~ Schuenkc. telegbone t=33 7~ [ITS) 928 ~~ SUPPLE - Berm ~~r~c be MMS has recently funded ~ eddy lo be conducted by the MuiDe Board of Tic National Reseat Coumil.to ~Iyze and advise on die cabonal and inten~ational remifu~atione of—Cone remover and d~positiom~e pledo~ in question were Ad for ~1 or alas operations on the Out. Continental Shelf tOCS] but arc no loader needed for such opera loose. The MA is investigating the implication of platform removers in light of die objectives of the Re~e~i~ and Environmental Enhancemcat for Fishing in the Seas [REE~} TO Force cochaired by tl~c Secrete of the Interior; proposed kg~latioc (ELM 54471 concerning artiSci~ my; poselbk economic "vin8s to be.de~sd; etudes demonstrate considerable incidental biological. ~1 and aco~;c value assented with Above Rectum and the Avery of objection ~ S—e Federal Wench harm Addiction. Therefore, we request comments as to the need for a pro~ru~. - lating to platform... partial removal or conrmnovaL the limitations or conditions that should be included. and ~ general e~ressian of the benefit and drawbaclra In view of the £orego~ we oft your responses to the following: AIten"~vo Dispocido~ 1. What are the aJternatives~for the disposition of onshore platforms after they have reached the ead of thy useful life as oil and gas £acil;lies? What are the opportuniL;er for musing pht£o~ns or sections of pl~forme ~ oil and facilities or {or other mdu~l purposes7 What "e deacon ~ the alternatives? Stable of Tom< - y 2.Whete~ethe4~tp~h dimner~tlin8. trensponing, ~besUn and ~ - leg pbd~o~t Whist tect~nolo~ cape basic Envh~1.~t~t~ 3. What disruption of fi`henes habitats bdilce~:to He cmo~d" - tryout 4. The question of the ~~f offshore . - oeme forage mi~ of fishen" hebitatededfwideep~d Interim Todhis~nd.the stun be !eltinylace. toppled inp1soe~or 73 remedy or O~rted and~cl~te<i a. - . - t18~81~.' - ~~` potentid~n~lte~f~his el1.n<ti~t What ~ene.could~ew—~~o;WentHy platfonn'Ahat+~e~otent~`l forge enba=~~t - did~thablmatt ECOQOI!UC 5. V&tq~c~nte—~f~e~ of[shore~r~ource ~e~lapmoat An Tic ~ Itabuted to~pl~fom: Anode might by in~enlJf~t'R4p~' Legal 6. How ".1iabil'ty~r~.fe4y, nsint0~e.~in8. damage a{ - ed bathe ~t~d~ strategies for tile di~osition~f off platforms? This issue will be~eaddn!~` Ante Notice of~rop - ed Rn~g - ended to ~eo~ganicc an&,eform Toil sod g—tapering oegu~ti~e aow~nder scant - he IS. F~w~.fb~ of ~e`oomplextty~ Leashes Ed and the~o=:erns~of. numb=~f`F - ~~t and State agencies with repot in this Yea. we are.requesting commentated suggestions now~o assist in the ~i~anJs,.~nd.dc~,el~ He appmpr~ate;puli~s. at ~ Sobj - s ~ ~ ~~ <ontinemal shelf, ~i~mcatal irnpeot eteMmea~, ~rw~nmonte1 proteotion.*CoYe~nmedt o.ctrac~. Inves~ged~,.Mi~ - l al and.—serves. P=nelties. Arc lands mineral ~o~ Exporting ceQu~en~le. Tender Fig - . arty. ~~ D;r~or. ~fmcm1sMano~cnt4Scrkice. 1" Don ~ FU" at; em oooc "~

74 LIST OF RESPONDENTS J. Donald Annett Texaco USA Washington, D.C. Michael J. Atherton Columbia Gas System Wilmington, DE Gilbert W. Bane Center for Wetland Resources Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA A. B. Boubel Pennzoil Co. Houston, TX B. M. Boyce Phillips Petroleum Co. Bartlesville, OK O. G. Byrd Cities Service Oil and Gas Corp. Houston, TX J. E. Coe Miss. Gulf Fishing Banks Inc. Biloxi, MS H. E. Collier Offshore Operators Committee New Orleans, LA P. J. Early AMOCO Produc t i on Co . Chicago, IL V. C. Eissler Conoco Inc. Houston, TX Mi chael L. Fi skier Cal i forn i a Coas tal Conuni s s i on San Franc i sco, CA John M. Green Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Counc i 1 Tampa, FL C. G. Groat Louisiana Geological Survey Baton Rouge, LA Gerald F. Guidroz Louisiana Office of State Parks Baton Rouge, LA B. R. Hall American Petroleum Institute Dallas, TX Steve Helburn Oceaneer i ng Internat i anal Inc . Houston, TX Shelly E. Hi 11 Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co Kansas Ci by, MO Allen Hi rsch Env i ronmen tal Protec t i on Agency Wash i ngton, D. C . Jo s eph E . Howard Oil Industry International Exploration and Production Forum London, Un i ted K i ngdom J. P. Keehan Mobil Oil Corp. New York, NY H. H. Kothe U.S. Coast Guard Washington, D.C. A. V. Martini Chevron U. S . A. Ine . San Franc i sea ~ CA Charles D . Mat thews National Ocean Industries Association Washington, D.C. Thomas D. McIlwain Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, MS

75 Robert P. Meek ECOMAR Goleta, CA L. Ralph Mecham Atlantic Richfield Co. Washington, D.C. Robert K. Oja Continental Shelf Associates Galveston, TX Hugh O'Neill Off ice of the Secretary of Defense/ Joint Chiefs of Staff Wash i ngton, D . C . M. A. Osborne SoHio Co. Houston, TX William "Corky" Perret Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Baton Rouge, LA H. P. Perrin Forest Oil Corp. Lafayette, LA Alan D. Powers Minerals Management Service Anchorage, AK Gilbert C. Radonski Sport Fishing Institute Washington, D.C. John L. Rankin Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico Region Metairie, LA F . Hermann Rudenberg Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Galveston, TX Larry B. Simpson Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Ocean Springs, MS Steve Somerville Broward County Environmental Quality Control Board Fort Lauderdale, FL Glen E. Taylor Tenneco Oil Houston, TX Hugh A. Swingle Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Dauphin Island, AL Rolf L. Wallenstrom U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Washington, D.C. B. L. Walters, Jr. Marathon Oil Co. Houston, TX J. J. Was icek Union Oil Company of California Los Angeles, CA Ted G. White Elf Aquitaine Petroleum Houston, TX Larry E . Wi ne Sport Fi Sherman Pensacola, FL Rob E. Working John E. Chance and As sac i ates Inc. Lafayette, LA