Marine Trash & Debris Reports Due

Published on June 9, 2005

The Minerals Management Service Marine Trash and Debris Awareness and Elimination Program’s required annual certification reports are due January 31, 2004.

Notice to Lessees (NTL) No. 2003-G11 requires that "By January 31st of each year, you should provide the MMS with an annual report (1–2 pages), signed by a company official, that describes your marine trash and debris awareness training process and certifies that the training process has been followed for the previous calendar year."

Background

The program requires:

Informational placards be posted in prominent places on all fixed and floating production facilities that have sleeping or food preparation capabilities and on mobile drilling units engaged in oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico OCS (These notices should be referenced, and the contents explained, during any initial orientation given on the facility for visitors or occupants);
All employees and contractors actively engaged in offshore operations be trained;
Training be documented and an annual report filed with the MMS.

Your training process should include the following elements:

Viewing of either the Offshore Operator’s Committee’s video or slide show by the personnel specified above using one of the following methods:
1. attendance at periodic meetings held for this purpose;
2. as part of several scheduled training components;
3. web-based training with email notification; or
4. training by a third-party contractor;
An explanation from management that conveys the commitment of the company to achieve the objectives of the trash and debris containment requirement;
Attendance measures (initial and annual); and
Recordkeeping and availability of records for inspection by MMS.

For assistance with this matter, please contact your JCC regulatory consultant, Calvin Lawson or Ken Smith at J. Connor Consulting, Inc., (281) 578-3388.

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This Regulatory Alert was prepared by J. Connor Consulting, Inc. to advise our clients of impending deadlines and applicable regulatory requirements. No official agency policy is implied.