30 C.F.R. § 250.918 What are the CVA's primary duties during the installation phase?
Title 30 - Mineral Resources
(a) The CVA must use good engineering judgment and practice in conducting an independent assessment of the installation activities. (b) Primary duties of the CVA during the installation phase include the following: (c) Reports. The CVA must submit interim reports to you and the Regional Supervisor, as appropriate. The CVA must prepare a final report covering the adequacy of the entire installation phase, and submit one copy of the final report to the Regional Supervisor within 30 days of the installation of the platform. In the final report, the CVA must: (1) Give details of how, by whom, and when the independent monitoring activities were conducted; (2) Describe the CVA's activities during the verification process; (3) Summarize the CVA's findings; (4) Write a confirmation or denial of compliance with the approved installation plan; (5) Provide a recommendation to accept or reject the installation; and (6) Provide any additional comments that the CVA deems necessary.
Title 30: Mineral Resources
PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Subpart I—Platforms and Structures
Platform Verification Program
§ 250.918 What are the CVA's primary duties during the installation phase?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation or equipment to be The CVA must . . . inspected . . .------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Verify, as appropriate......... (i) Loadout and initial flotation operations; (ii) Towing operations to the specified location, and review the towing records; (iii) Launching and uprighting operations; (iv) Submergence operations; (v) Pile or anchor installations; (vi) Installation of mooring and tethering systems; (vii) Final deck and component installations; and (viii) Installation at the approved location according to the approved design and the installation plan.(2) Witness (for a fixed or (i) The loadout of the jacket, floating platform). decks, piles, or structures from each fabrication site; (ii) The actual installation of the platform or major modification and the related installation activities.(3) Witness (for a floating (i) The loadout of the platform; platform). (ii) The installation of drilling, production, and pipeline risers, and riser tensioning systems (at least for the initial installation of these elements); (iii) The installation of turrets and turret-and-hull interfaces; (iv) The installation of foundation pilings and templates, and anchoring systems; and (v) The installation of the mooring and tethering systems.(4) Conduct an onsite survey....... Survey the platform after transportation to the approved location.(5) Spot-check as necessary to (i) Equipment; determine compliance with the (ii) Procedures; and applicable documents listed in (iii) Recordkeeping. § 250.901(a); the alternative codes, rules and standards approved under 250.901(b); the requirements listed in § 250.903 and § 250.906 through 250.908 of this subpart and the approved plans.------------------------------------------------------------------------
