Spill-Response Plans for Offshore Facilities Including State Submerged Lands and Pipelines

This document delays the expiration of the interim final rule governing spill-response plans for offshore facilities. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) requires that a spill-response plan be submitted for offshore facilities. The MMS published an interim final rule establishing requirements for spill-response plans for offshore facilities including pipelines on February 8, 1993. The rule was scheduled to expire on February 18, 1995, or when superseded by a final rule. The MMS will not have a final rule in place by February 18, 1995, and therefore will extend the termination date of the interim final rule. This rulemaking is being extended until superseded by a final rule.