18070 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 71 / Monday, April 14, 1997 / Proposed Rules

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Part 250

Training of Lessee and Contractor

Employees Engaged in Oil and Gas

and Sulphur Operations in the Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public workshop that the Minerals

Management Service (MMS) will

conduct to acquire information

pertinent to a revision of training

regulations in Subpart O, Training, of 30

CFR Part 250. The purpose of the

workshop is to discuss the possible

development of a performance-based

training program for OCS oil and gas

activities.

DATES: MMS will conduct the public

workshop on June 10, 1997, from 8:00

a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the location listed

in the ADDRESSES section.

ADDRESSES: MMS will hold the

workshop in the Conference Center of

the Sheraton Crown Hotel, 15700 John

F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, Texas

77032. For directions, please call the

Sheraton at (281) 442–5100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wilbon Rhome, Operations Analysis

Branch, (703) 787–1587; FAX (703) 787–

1555; E-mail: Wilbon.Rhome@MMS.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goal

of this workshop will be to develop

useful performance measures or

indicators to help MMS evaluate how to

develop a comprehensive performance

based training program. MMS will be

seeking additional information and

comments on the following OCS

Performance Based Training Program

paper:.

OCS Performance Based Training

Program

Goal

The goal of a performance based

training program will be to develop a

procedure which ensures that operator,

lessee, and contractor employees are

trained in well-control or production

safety system operations. This program

will focus on training results and not on

the process by which employees are

trained.

Training

Operators and lessees are responsible

for developing procedures to ensure that

their workers (including contractors) are

properly trained and can demonstrate

their proficiency to MMS. Operators and

lessees will determine the type of

training, teaching methodology

(classroom, computer, team, on-the

job...), training length and frequency,

and the subject matter content of their

program.

Performance Measures and Indicators

Appropriate performance measures

and indicators will be developed and

implemented by MMS for use in

evaluating the results of operators’ or

lessees’ training programs. These

measures may include the following:

MMS Written Testing

MMS may periodically test operator,

lessee, or contract employees.

Announced or unannounced tests will

be given at a training site, office, or

work location.

MMS Simulator and Hands-On Testing

MMS may periodically conduct well

control simulator testing or production

safety system equipment hands-on

testing of operator, lessee, or contract

employees. Announced or unannounced

tests will be given at a training site,

office, or work location.

Audits, Interviews or Cooperative

Reviews

MMS representatives may meet with

operator or lessee personnel on a

periodic basis to ascertain the

effectiveness of their training program.

These meetings can be either announced

or unannounced, and may include an

evaluation of company training

documents, procedures, or interviews of

key personnel.

Incident of Noncompliance (INC), Civil

Penalty, and Event Data

MMS may periodically analyze an

operator’s performance by evaluation

INC, civil penalty, and event data. Event

data includes information dealing with

spills, fires, explosions, blowouts,

fatalities, and injuries. This evaluation

may analyze this information in relation

to the following:

• Number of facilities (platform/rig).

• Production volumes.

• Location.

• Frequency.

Training Implementation Plans

If an analysis of performance

measures or indicators reveals problems

with an operator or lessee training

program, the MMS may require

submittal of a training implementation

plan. This plan should include a

strategy on how an operator or lessee

intends to address training deficiencies

and procedures on how to improve their

training program.

MMS Evaluation of Training Program

If review of the training

implementation plan, and performance

measures and indicators show an

ineffective training program, then

appropriate corrective actions will be

initiated by the MMS. Corrective actions

may include the MMS requiring an

operator to adopt specific training

procedures or practices.

If you are interested in signing up as

a speaker at this workshop, please

contact us by May 1, 1997, to discuss

your participation.

Registration

The workshop will not have a

registration fee. However, to assess the

probable number of participants, MMS

requests participants to register by

contacting Dayle Grover, Operations

Analysis Branch at (703) 787–1032 or

FAX (703) 787–1555.

Proceedings

Proceedings will be transcribed and

copies will be available for purchase.

Details for obtaining copies of the

proceedings will be available during the

workshop.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

William S. Cook,

Acting Chief, Engineering and Operations

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–9469 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[TN–176–2–9708b; FRL–5806–6]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans Tennessee:

Approval of Revisions to the

Tennessee SIP Regarding Volatile

Organic Compounds

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA proposes to approve

the State implementation plan (SIP)

revision submitted by the State of

Tennessee on June 3, 1996, which

contains revisions to the VOC definition

in the construction permits chapter,

amends the stage II vapor recovery

portion of the VOC chapter, and revises

a conversion factor contained in the

performance standards for continuous

emissions monitoring chapter. In the

final rules section of this Federal

Register, the EPA is approving the

State’s SIP revision as a direct final rule