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for Cranes MMS is responsible for the regulation of cranes, booms, and other material-handling equipment installed on fixed platforms according to the 1989 MMS/USCG Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). MMS regulates cranes by requiring lessees and operators to comply with American Petroleum Institute’s Recommended Practice for the Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes (API RP 2D), Third Edition, June 1, 1995. MMS incorporates this document by reference in the regulations found at 30 CFR 250.120(c), Safe and workmanlike operations. API RP 2D provides practical guidance for the safe operation, inspection, and maintenance of pedestal-mounted cranes. It also outlines the necessary qualifications and minimum training requirements for crane operators. MMS inspectors have used this document to establish potential incident of noncompliance (PINC) items associated with crane operations, inspection, and maintenance. MMS crane inspections are discussed in greater detail later in the document. As noted above, MMS is also responsible for booms and other material-handling equipment on fixed platforms. Since API RP 2D only addresses pedestal-mounted cranes, MMS does not have specific regulations that address the operation of other cranes, booms, or other materials-handling equipment. MMS discussed the need for developing regulations to address this equipment for several years following the signing of the MOU and finally determined that specific regulations were not needed. In the meantime, the Pacific Region has issued a Letter to Lessees on June 5, 1996, that encourages lessees to apply the same basic inspection, maintenance, and handling practices described in API RP 2D to other cranes, booms, or other materials-handling equipment. This encouragement was proposed to become a requirement via the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Subpart A which was published in the Federal Register on February 13, 1998. USCG Requirements Under the 1989 MMS/USCG MOU, USCG is responsible for cranes, booms and other material-handling equipment installed on mobile drilling units and floating production systems that receive a Certificate of Inspection or Letter of Compliance. USCG regulates the operation and maintenance of cranes in a manner similar to MMS by referencing API RP 2D (46 CFR 109.521). USCG further requires that cranes installed on those facilities to be:
Under the proposed MMS/USCG MOU, the division in responsibilities for regulating cranes does not change from the current MOU. Also, USCG, like MMS, does not appear to have specific requirements for booms and other material-handling equipment in its regulations. Privacy | Disclaimers | Accessibility
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