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30 CFR 250.229: What must the New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan include?

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  1. Title 30—Mineral Resources
  2. CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
  3. SUBCHAPTER B—OFFSHORE
  4. PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
  5. Subpart B—Plans and Information

Your New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan must include the following information:

(a) A description how the New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan fits within your overall site-specific project, if applicable. You must include an overview of the project development concepts and a proposed schedule for submittal of associated Conceptual Plans;

(b) Detailed schematics depicting the primary and secondary barriers that include all components, assemblies, or sub-assemblies, each labeled and categorized as a Category 1 barrier or Category 2 barrier;

(c) A list of the primary and secondary barriers that includes all components, assemblies, or sub-assemblies specifying each assigned barrier as either a Category 1 barrier or Category 2 barrier;

(d) A list of the engineering standards that will be used in the equipment's material selection and qualification, design verification analysis, and design validation testing;

(e) A list of requested alternate procedures or equipment in accordance with § 250.141 and requested departures in accordance with § 250.142 needed for the new or unusual technology barrier equipment proposed in your New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan;

(f) A list of the functional requirements (e.g., environmental and physical loads (magnitude and frequency)) for which the barrier equipment is being designed;

(g) A description of the equipment's safety critical functions, (e.g., function(s) performed by or inherent to the equipment enabling it to achieve or maintain a safe state);

(h) An I3P nomination, in accordance with § 250.231(a);

(i) An I3P verification plan that includes the following:

(1) A discussion of the equipment's material selection and qualification;

(2) A discussion of the equipment's design verification analyses;

(3) A discussion of the equipment's design validation testing;

(4) An explanation of why the analyses, processes, and procedures ensure that the equipment is fit for service in the applicable environment; and

(5) Details regarding how the I3P will address the additional items listed in § 250.232.

(j) Documentation demonstrating payment of the service fee listed in § 250.125.

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