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nuclear energy industry toward 

continuous improvement. One of these 

initiatives was to work with the nuclear 

industry and public to develop a formal 

policy on the NRC’s expectations for a 

strong and effective safety culture. 

The BSEE has reviewed the NRC’s 

safety culture policy and believes it 

provides a strong foundation for a 

similar approach for oil and gas 

operations on the OCS, with the 

ultimate goal of facilitating the 

continued development of a robust 

safety culture for all persons working on 

the OCS. 

II. Statement of Policy 

It is BSEE’s policy that a strong safety 

culture is an essential element for 

individuals, both internal to the BSEE 

and external, performing or overseeing 

regulated activities. As such, BSEE will 

include appropriate means to monitor 

safety culture in its oversight programs 

and internal management processes. 

The BSEE defines safety culture as the 

core values and behaviors resulting from 

a collective commitment by leaders and 

individuals to emphasize safety over 

competing goals to ensure protection of 

people and the environment. Further, it 

is important for all lessees, the owners 

or holders of operating rights, 

designated operators or agents of the 

lessee(s), pipeline right-of-way holders, 

State lessees granted a right-of-use and 

easement, and contractors to foster in 

personnel an appreciation for the 

importance of safety, emphasizing the 

need for its integration and balance with 

competing performance objectives to 

achieve optimal protection without 

compromising production goals. 

Individuals and organizations 

performing regulated activities bear the 

primary responsibility for safety. 

Experience has shown that certain 

personal and organizational 

characteristics are present in a positive 

safety culture. A characteristic, in this 

case, is a pattern of thinking, feeling, 

and behaving that emphasizes safety, 

particularly in goal conflict situations 

(e.g., production, schedule, and the cost 

of the effort versus safety). 

The following are characteristics of a 

robust safety culture: 

(1) Leadership Safety Values and 

Actions—Leaders demonstrate a 

commitment to safety in their decisions 

and behaviors; 

(2) Problem Identification and 

Resolution—Issues potentially 

impacting safety are promptly 

identified, fully evaluated, and 

promptly addressed and corrected 

commensurate with their significance; 

(3) Personal Accountability—All 

individuals take personal responsibility 

for safety; 

(4) Work Processes—The process of 

planning and controlling work activities 

is implemented so that safety is 

maintained; 

(5) Continuous Learning— 

Opportunities to learn about ways to 

ensure safety are sought out and 

implemented; 

(6) Environment for Raising 

Concerns—A safety conscious work 

environment is maintained where 

personnel feel free to raise safety 

concerns without fear of retaliation, 

intimidation, harassment, or 

discrimination; 

(7) Effective Safety Communication— 

Communications maintain a focus on 

safety; 

(8) Respectful Work Environment— 

Trust and respect permeate the 

organization; and 

(9) Inquiring Attitude—Individuals 

avoid complacency and continuously 

consider and review existing conditions 

and activities in order to identify 

discrepancies that might result in error 

or inappropriate action. 

There may be traits not included in 

this Draft Safety Culture Policy 

Statement that are also important in a 

positive safety culture. It should be 

noted that these traits were not 

developed to be used for inspection 

purposes. 

III. Questions for Which BSEE Is 

Seeking Input 

The previous discussion addressed 

BSEE’s approach to safety culture policy 

going forward and we would like your 

input. We will consider any comments 

that you feel would be beneficial to this 

policy. We welcome your input, your 

experiences, and your knowledge. The 

BSEE welcomes any comments on all 

content in this notice, but we 

specifically welcome your input on the 

following items. 

(1) The draft Safety Culture Policy 

Statement provides a description of 

attributes that are important to safety 

culture, (i.e., safety culture 

characteristics). What characteristics 

relevant to a particular type of OCS 

activity do not appear to be addressed 

in this notice? 

(2) What safety culture characteristics, 

described in the draft Safety Culture 

Policy Statement, do not contribute to 

safety culture on the OCS and, therefore, 

should not be included? 

(3) The draft Safety Culture Policy 

Statement defines safety culture as: 

‘‘The core values and behaviors 

resulting from a collective commitment 

by leaders and individuals to emphasize 

safety over competing goals to ensure 

protection of people and the 

environment.’’ Please comment on any 

parts of this definition that need further 

clarification to be useful for operations 

on the OCS. 

(4) The draft policy statement states, 

‘‘[I]t is important for all lessees, the 

owners or holders of operating rights, 

designated operators or agents of the 

lessee(s), pipeline right-of-way holders, 

State lessees granted a right-of-use and 

easement, and contractors to foster in 

personnel an appreciation for the 

importance of safety, emphasizing the 

need for its integration and balance with 

competing performance objectives to 

achieve optimal protection without 

compromising production goals.’’ Given 

the diversity among OCS activities 

regulated by BSEE, please comment on 

the need to provide further clarification 

on this statement. 

(5) How well does the draft Safety 

Culture Policy Statement enhance 

organization’s understanding of BSEE’s 

expectations that they maintain a safety 

culture? 

(6) In addition to issuing a Safety 

Culture Policy Statement, what might 

BSEE consider doing, or doing 

differently, to increase OCS attention to 

safety culture? 

(7) How can BSEE better involve 

stakeholders to address safety culture? 

To ensure efficient consideration of 

your comments, please identify the 

specific question numbers with your 

comments when applicable. 

Dated: December 13, 2012. 

James A. Watson, 

Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

Ocean Energy Safety Advisory 

Committee (OESC); Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: OESC will meet at the 

Department of the Interior’s South 

Interior Building in Washington, DC. 

DATES: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 

from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 

Thursday, January 10, 2013, from 8:00 

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ADDRESSES: South Interior Building 

Auditorium, 1951 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Joseph R. Levine at the Bureau of Safety 

and Environmental Enforcement, 381 

Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170– 

4187. He can be reached by telephone 

at (703) 787–1033 or by electronic mail 

at joseph.levine@bsee.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OESC 

consists of representatives from 

industry, Federal Government agencies, 

non-governmental organizations, and 

the academic community. It provides 

policy advice to the Secretary of the 

Interior through the Director of BSEE on 

matters relating to ocean energy safety, 

including, but not limited to drilling 

and workplace safety, well intervention 

and containment, and oil spill response. 

The agenda for Wednesday, January 9, 

2013, will address the OESC 

Subcommittees’ activities to date on oil 

spill prevention, spill containment, spill 

response and safety management 

systems, the arctic and proposed ocean 

energy safety institute. 

The agenda for Thursday, January 10, 

2013, will address interim 

recommendations presented to the 

OESC from its’ six subcommittees for 

consideration and action, including 

lessons learned and next steps forward. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Approximately 100 visitors can be 

accommodated on a first-come-firstserved basis. Members of the public will 

have the opportunity to comment on the 

activities of OESC and related topics on 

a first-come-first-served basis during the 

time allotted for public comment and 

may submit written comments to the 

OESC during the meeting or by email to 

the Committee at OESC@bsee.gov. 

Minutes of the Ocean Energy Safety 

Advisory Committee meeting will be 

available for public inspection on the 

Committee’s Web site at: http:// 

www.bsee.gov/About-BSEE/PublicEngagement/OESC/Index.aspx. 

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 

1, and the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Circular No. A–63, Revised. 

Dated: December 14, 2012. 

James A. Watson, 

Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30671 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV912000 L10100000.PH0000 

LXSS0006F0000; 13–08807; 

MO#4500046713; TAS: 14X1109] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Resource 

Advisory Councils, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Nevada will 

hold a joint meeting of its three 

Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), the 

Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin 

RAC, the Northeastern Great Basin RAC, 

and the Mojave-Southern Great Basin 

RAC in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting 

is open to the public and a public 

comment period will be available. 

DATES AND TIMES: The three RACs will 

meet on Thursday, January 31, 2013, 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, 

February 1, 2013, from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 

p.m. A public comment period will be 

held in the morning on Friday, February 

1. The specific time for public comment 

will be included in the agenda, which 

will be available two weeks prior to the 

meetings at www.blm.gov/nv. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Rose, telephone: (775) 861–6480, 

email: crose@blm.gov. Persons who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The three 

15-member Nevada RACs advise the 

Secretary of the Interior, through the 

BLM Nevada State Director, on a variety 

of planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in Nevada. The meeting 

will be held at John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 

1100 Nugget Avenue, Sparks, Nevada. 

Agenda topics include a presentation 

and discussion of accomplishments 

during 2012; closeout reports of the 

three RACs; the year ahead for the BLM 

in Nevada; breakout meetings of the 

three RACs; discussion of subgroups; 

and scheduling meetings of the 

individual RACs for the upcoming year. 

The public may provide written 

comments to the three RAC groups or to 

an individual RAC. Individuals who 

plan to attend and need further 

information about the meeting or need 

special assistance such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations may contact Chris 

Rose at the phone number or email 

address above. 

Erica Haspiel-Szlosek, 

Chief, Office of Communications. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMTL00000.L10200000.PG0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting; Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act Land the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be January 9– 

10, 2013. The January 9 meeting will 

begin at 10 a.m. with a 30-minute public 

comment period and will adjourn at 

5:30 p.m. The January 10 meeting will 

begin at 8 a.m. with a 30-minute public 

comment period beginning at 10 a.m. 

and will adjourn at 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be in the 

Lewistown Field Office Conference 

Room at 920 NE Main, Lewistown, 

Montana. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

L. ‘‘Stan’’ Benes, Central Montana 

District Manager, Lewistown Field 

Office, 920 NE Main, Lewistown, MT 

59457, (406) 538–1900, 

gbenes@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–677–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior on a variety of management 

issues associated with public land 


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