30 C.F.R. § 250.1741 If I drag a trawl across a site, what requirements must I meet?
Title 30 - Mineral Resources
If you drag a trawl across the site in accordance with §250.1740, you must meet all of the requirements of this section. (a) You must drag the trawl in a grid-like pattern as shown in the following table: (b) You must trawl 100 percent of the limits described in paragraph (a) of this section in two directions. (c) You must mark the area to be cleared as a hazard to navigation according to USCG requirements until you complete the site clearance procedures. (d) You must use a trawling vessel equipped with a calibrated navigational positioning system capable of providing position accuracy of ±30 feet. (e) You must use a trawling net that is representative of those used in the commercial fishing industry (one that has a net strength equal or greater than that provided by No. 18 twine). (f) You must ensure that you trawl no closer than 300 feet from a shipwreck, and 500 feet from a sensitive biological feature. (g) If you trawl near an active pipeline, you must meet the requirements in the following table: (h) You must ensure that any trawling contractor you may use: (1) Has no corporate or other financial ties to you; and (2) Has a valid commercial trawling license for both the vessel and its captain. [67 FR 35406, May 17, 2002; 67 FR 44266, July 1, 2002; 67 FR 66049, Oct. 30, 2002]
Title 30: Mineral Resources
PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Subpart Q—Decommissioning Activities
Site Clearance for Wells, Platforms, and Other Facilities
§ 250.1741 If I drag a trawl across a site, what requirements must I meet?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ For a_ You must drag the trawl across a_------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Well site................ 300-foot-radius circle centered on the well location.(2) Subsea well site......... 600-foot-radius circle centered on the well location.(3) Platform site............ 1,320-foot-radius circle centered on the location of the platform.(4) Single-well caisson, well 600-foot-radius circle centered on the protector jacket, template, structure location. or manifold.------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------ For_ You must trawl_ And you must_------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Buried active pipelines. .................... First contact the pipeline owner or operator to determine the condition of the pipeline before trawling over the buried pipeline.(2) Unburied active no closer than 100 Trawl parallel to pipelines that are 8 inches feet to the either the pipeline Do not in diameter or larger. side of the trawl across the pipeline. pipeline.(3) Unburied smaller no closer than 100 Trawl parallel to diameter active pipelines feet to either side the pipeline. Do in the trawl area that have of the pipeline. not trawl across obstructions (e.g., the pipeline. pipeline valves) present.(4) Unburied active parallel to the .................... pipelines in the trawl area pipeline. that are smaller than 8 inches in diameter and have no obstructions present.------------------------------------------------------------------------
