TRB Special Report 309: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Offshore Safety and Environmental Management Systems (2012) / Chapter Skim
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Preface
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, appraising inspection practices elsewhere, developing alternatives for conducting inspection programs and assessing their advantages and disadvantages, and recommending alternative inspection procedures that might be more effective and efficient. Following the release of that report, the industry was encouraged to adopt safety and environmental management programs voluntarily.
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The Committee on Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities Inspection Program of the MMS (which was later renamed the Committee on the Effectiveness of Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations) was tasked with • Examining changes in the inspection program and process since the 1990 Marine Board study; • Reviewing available trend data on inspections, safety, and environ mental damage; • Examining analogous safety inspection programs in other regulatory agencies and other nations for lessons that could be applied to MMS inspections; • Considering both the changes in the industry's safety management practices since the 1990 Marine Board report and the implications of these changes for MMS inspection practices; • Considering the effects of the current inspection program on offshore safety and environmental protection; and • Recommending changes, as appropriate, to the inspection program to enhance effectiveness.
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In the SEMS rule, BOEMRE recognized that its inspection program was too focused on mechanical failures and that such failures represent a small minority of incidents. With the issuance of the final rule, BOEMRE expanded its approach to safety and environmental protection to encompass not only reliance on inspection of hardware-oriented items related to potential incidents of noncompliance, but also safety management.
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As a consequence, this project was refocused, and the committee resumed its work in late January 2011. Under the new agreement with BOEMRE, the Committee on the Effectiveness of Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations was tasked with preparing an interim report that would identify potential methods for assessing the effectiveness of a company's SEMS program and describe the pros and cons of each method as they were known to that point.
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To obtain a better understanding of alternative regulatory approaches, the committee also received presentations and briefings from Mike Marshall, Process Safety Management Coordinator, U.S. Department of Labor–Occupational Safety and Health Administration Directorate of Enforcement Programs; Linda Zeiler, Acting Director, Technical Support, Mine Safety and Health Administration; Magne Ognedal, Director General, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway; Chet Miller, Inspector, California District, Pacific OCS Region, BSEE; James Munro, Operations Manager, Hazardous Installations Directorate, Offshore Division, United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive; Jeff Scott, SempCheck Services; Ian Sutton, Process Risk Management, AMEC Paragon; Anton du Preez, SempCheck Services; Jack Toellner, Senior Technical Advisor -- Safety, ExxonMobil Development Company; Allen J
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Smith, Senior Mineral Resources Engineer. The committee also thanks the crew of Platform Gail off the coast of California -- especially Tony Martinez, Operations Foreman; and Chris, Facilities Engineer -- and the crew of Genesis Platform in the Gulf of Mexico -- especially Eric Farmer, Safety Management Systems Medic; Mervin Broussard, Chevron Field Coordinator; and Joe St.
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Arnold, Chair Committee on the Effectiveness of Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations REFERENCES Abbreviations API American Petroleum Institute BOEMRE Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement NRC National Research Council TRB Transportation Research Board API.
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2011. Interim Report on the Effectiveness of Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations.
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