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Regulatory Reminder
Published on August 11, 2005

With Tropical Storm Bonnie in the Gulf of Mexico and Charlie coming in soon, please be reminded that evacuation statistics should be transmitted to the MMS’s New Orleans Regional Office before 11:00 am each day that personnel are evacuated or production remains shut-in. Refer to Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL No. 2004-G14) Hurricane and Tropical Storm Evacuation and Production Curtailment Statistics, for more information. The reporting requirement applies to rigs and production facilities.

The MMS provided a form MMS-132 (attached to NTL No. 2004-G14) for this report. The form MMS-132 is attached herewith and can also be found on the MMS’s Internet website at http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/mmsforms/frmindx.html. The form should be e-mailed to the MMS GOMR at evacstats@mms.gov or faxed to MMS GOMR, Office of Field Operations, Technical Assessment and Operations Support Section, at (504) 736-2941. If you have trouble faxing or e-mailing the form it can be faxed to the MMS Headquarters at (703) 787-1093.

In accordance with 30 CFR 250.192(c), you must also notify the MMS GOMR when you resume production. Use the above e-mail address or telefax numbers in the same order of preference to make this notification.

For assistance in this matter, please call your J. Connor Consulting, Inc. consultant, Sharon DeSimoni or Cathy Thornton at (281) 578-3388.
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.