{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-250.229","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 250.229","heading":"What must the New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan include?","body":"Your New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan must include the following information:\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(f) A list of the functional requirements (e.g., environmental and physical loads (magnitude and frequency)) for which the barrier equipment is being designed;\n(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);\n(h) An I3P nomination, in accordance with § 250.231(a);\n(i) An I3P verification plan that includes the following:\n(1) A discussion of the equipment's material selection and qualification;\n(2) A discussion of the equipment's design verification analyses;\n(3) A discussion of the equipment's design validation testing;\n(4) An explanation of why the analyses, processes, and procedures ensure that the equipment is fit for service in the applicable environment; and\n(5) Details regarding how the I3P will address the additional items listed in § 250.232.\n(j) Documentation demonstrating payment of the service fee listed in § 250.125.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—OFFSHORE","PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF","Subpart B—Plans and Information"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"5a2bf95b92ad55c6001a9e11df8268f912c94c63b3e476e812898441fb5b11b9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-250.228","next":"us/30-cfr-250.230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}