# Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Revisions to Safety and Environmental Management Systems
> **Bureau of Land Management** · Final rule. · Published 2013-04-05 · Effective 2013-06-04 · 78 FR 20423
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-07738
- **Category:** oil-gas-leasing
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Land Management
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 20423
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 250
- **Publication date:** 2013-04-05
- **Effective date:** 2013-06-04
- **Interior docket:** Docket ID: BSEE-2012-0011
## Abstract

This final rule will revise and add several new requirements to regulations for Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS). These requirements pertain to developing and implementing stop work authority (SWA) and ultimate work authority (UWA), requiring an employee participation plan (EPP), and establishing guidelines for reporting unsafe working conditions. The rule establishes additional requirements for conducting job safety analyses (JSA) for activities identified in an operator's SEMS program. In addition, this final rule requires that SEMS programs be audited by an accredited audit service provider (ASP). This rulemaking will further support BSEE's efforts to reduce the occurrence of accidents, injuries, and spills during oil and gas activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/04/05/2013-07738/oil-and-gas-and-sulphur-operations-in-the-outer-continental-shelf-revisions-to-safety-and)
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