Safety & Environmental Enforcement, Interior § 250.113

Cranes, API Spec 2C (as incorporated (2) Welding in undesignated areas, in- by reference in § 250.198). cluding wellbay; (d) All cranes manufactured after (3) Fire watches; March 17, 2003, and installed on a fixed (4) Maintenance of welding equip- platform, must meet the requirements ment; and of API Spec 2C. (5) Plans showing all designated safe- (e) You must maintain records spe- welding areas. cific to a crane or the operation of a (d) How you will prevent spark-pro- crane installed on an OCS fixed plat- ducing activities (i.e., grinding, abra- form, as follows: sive blasting/cutting and arc-welding) (1) Retain all design and construction in hazardous locations. records, including installation records for any anti-two block safety devices, § 250.111 Who oversees operations under my welding plan? for the life of the crane. The records must be kept at the OCS fixed plat- A welding supervisor or a designated form. person in charge must be thoroughly (2) Retain all inspection, testing, and familiar with your welding plan. This maintenance records of cranes for at person must ensure that each welder is least 4 years. The records must be kept properly qualified according to the at the OCS fixed platform. welding plan. This person also must in- (3) Retain the qualification records of spect all welding equipment before the crane operator and all rigger per- welding. sonnel for at least 4 years. The records § 250.112 What standards must my must be kept at the OCS fixed plat- welding equipment meet? form. (f) You must operate and maintain Your welding equipment must meet all other material-handling equipment the following requirements: in a manner that ensures safe oper- (a) All engine-driven welding equip- ations and prevents pollution. ment must be equipped with spark ar- restors and drip pans; § 250.109 What documents must I pre- (b) Welding leads must be completely pare and maintain related to weld- insulated and in good condition; ing? (c) Hoses must be leak-free and (a) You must submit a Welding Plan equipped with proper fittings, gauges, to the District Manager before you and regulators; and begin drilling or production activities (d) Oxygen and fuel gas bottles must on a lease. You may not begin welding be secured in a safe place. until the District Manager has ap- § 250.113 What procedures must I fol- proved your plan. low when welding? (b) You must keep the following at (a) Before you weld, you must move the site where welding occurs: any equipment containing hydro- (1) A copy of the plan and its ap- carbons or other flammable substances proval letter; and at least 35 feet horizontally from the (2) Drawings showing the designated welding area. You must move similar safe-welding areas. equipment on lower decks at least 35 feet from the point of impact where § 250.110 What must I include in my welding plan? slag, sparks, or other burning mate- rials could fall. If moving this equip- You must include all of the following ment is impractical, you must protect in the welding plan that you prepare that equipment with flame-proofed under § 250.109: covers, shield it with metal or fire-re- (a) Standards or requirements for sistant guards or curtains, or render welders; the flammable substances inert. (b) How you will ensure that only (b) While you weld, you must mon- qualified personnel weld; itor all water-discharge-point sources (c) Practices and procedures for safe from hydrocarbon-handling vessels. If a welding that address: discharge of flammable fluids occurs, (1) Welding in designated safe areas; you must stop welding.

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(c) If you cannot weld in one of the platforms, artificial islands, fixed designated safe-welding areas that you structures, and their facilities. listed in your safe welding plan, you (a) You must classify all areas ac- must meet the following requirements: cording to API RP 500, Recommended (1) You may not begin welding until: Practice for Classification of Locations (i) The welding supervisor or des- for Electrical Installations at Petro- ignated person in charge advises in leum Facilities Classified as Class I, writing that it is safe to weld. Division 1 and Division 2, or API RP (ii) You and the designated person in 505, Recommended Practice for Classi- charge inspect the work area and areas fication of Locations for Electrical In- below it for potential fire and explosion stallations at Petroleum Facilities hazards. Classified as Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, (2) During welding, the person in and Zone 2 (as incorporated by ref- charge must designate one or more per- erence in § 250.198). sons as a fire watch. The fire watch (b) Employees who maintain your must: electrical systems must have expertise (i) Have no other duties while actual in area classification and the perform- welding is in progress; ance, operation and hazards of elec- (ii) Have usable firefighting equip- trical equipment. ment; (c) You must install all electrical (iii) Remain on duty for 30 minutes systems according to API RP 14F, Rec- after welding activities end; and ommended Practice for Design and In- stallation of Electrical Systems for (iv) Maintain a continuous surveil- Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum lance with a portable gas detector dur- Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, ing the welding and burning operation Division 1, and Division 2 Locations (as if welding occurs in an area not incorporated by reference in § 250.198), equipped with a gas detector. or API RP 14FZ, Recommended Prac- (3) You may not weld piping, con- tice for Design and Installation of Elec- tainers, tanks, or other vessels that trical Systems for Fixed and Floating have contained a flammable substance Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Un- unless you have rendered the contents classified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, inert and the designated person in and Zone 2 Locations (as incorporated charge has determined it is safe to by reference in § 250.198). weld. This does not apply to approved (d) On each engine that has an elec- hot taps. tric ignition system, you must use an (4) You may not weld within 10 feet ignition system designed and main- of a wellbay unless you have shut in all tained to reduce the release of elec- producing wells in that wellbay. trical energy. (5) You may not weld within 10 feet of a production area, unless you have §§ 250.115–250.117 [Reserved] shut in that production area. (6) You may not weld while you drill, § 250.118 Will BSEE approve gas injec- complete, workover, or conduct tion? wireline operations unless: The Regional Supervisor may author- (i) The fluids in the well (being ize you to inject gas on the OCS, on drilled, completed, worked over, or and off-lease, to promote conservation having wireline operations conducted) of natural resources and to prevent are noncombustible; and waste. (ii) You have precluded the entry of (a) To receive BSEE approval for in- formation hydrocarbons into the jection, you must: wellbore by either mechanical means (1) Show that the injection will not or a positive overbalance toward the result in undue interference with oper- formation. ations under existing leases; and (2) Submit a written application to § 250.114 How must I install and oper- the Regional Supervisor for injection ate electrical equipment? of gas. The requirements in this section (b) The Regional Supervisor will ap- apply to all electrical equipment on all prove gas injection applications that:

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