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  1. Editor’s Federal Register Trivia of the Month
  2. RSPA Results Winter 2002 – 2003 Edition
  3. O&M Manual Up-To-Date?
  4. SPCC Plan Deadline Extensions
  5. EPA SPCC Rule Corrections
  6. RCP Develops Fantastic Version of New SPCC Regulation
  7. DOT Pipeline Compliance Workshop – March 19-20, 2003 – Houston Includes update on the new Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 signed into law on Dec 17, 2002
  8. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Clean Water Act Regulatory Definition of “Waters of the United States”
  9. Air Permit Needs?
  10. API Operator Workshop on IMP Implementation
  11. Updates of Digital Mapping Data for Hazardous Liquid Pipeline High Consequence Areas (HCA)
  12. New Louisiana Intra-state Rules for Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
  13. New Federal Website for Comments on Rulemakings
  14. Interested in Web-Based Compliance Management Systems?
  15. Texas GLO Oil Spill Information Transfer Meeting
  16. Acquiring a pipeline?
  17. Emergency Reconstruction of Interstate Natural Gas Facilities Under the Natural Gas Act
  18. Notice of proposed rulemaking: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines)
  19. NPMS Advisory Bulletin (ADB-03-02)
  20. National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) Breakout Tank Submissions

Editor’s Federal Register Trivia of the Month

The EPA is proposing to issue a permit to allow ice to melt in the sea. You read it here first. Somebody should call Fox news.

Issuance of a General Permit to the National Science Foundation for the Ocean Disposal of Man-Made Ice Piers From its Base at McMurdo Sound on Antarctica

EPA is today proposing to issue a general permit under sections 102(a) and 104(c) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the disposal at sea of man-made ice piers from its base at McMurdo Sound on Antarctica. The NSF is the agency of the United States Government responsible for oversight of the United States Antarctic Program. The NSF currently operates three major bases in Antarctica: McMurdo Station on Ross Island, adjacent to McMurdo Sound; Palmer Station, near the western terminus of the Antarctic Peninsula; and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, at the geographic South Pole. McMurdo Station is the largest of the three stations, and serves as the primary logistics base for Antarctica. In order to unload supplies at McMurdo Station, ships dock at an ice pier at McMurdo Station; this man-made pier has a normal life span of three to five years. At the end of its useful life, all transportable equipment, materials, and debris are removed, the pier is cast loose from its moorings at the base and towed out to McMurdo Sound for disposal, where it melts naturally. Issuance of this general permit is necessary because the pier must be towed out to sea for disposal at the end of its useful life. This proposed general permit is intended to protect the marine environment by setting forth specific permit terms and conditions, including operating conditions during use of the pier and clean-up, with which the NSF must comply before the disposal of such ice piers would take place.

What next? Air permits for breathing?