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907 Introduction to SEMS
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The SEMS Rule

History

In 2010, the bureau published the Final Rule for 30 CFR Part 250 Subpart S - Safety and Environmental Management Systems. This Final Rule incorporated by reference, and made mandatory, all elements in the API Recommended Practice 75, Recommended Practice for a Safety and Environmental Management System for Offshore Operations and Assets.

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SEMS 30 CFR 250, 1900-1933, Subpart S, adds API RP-75 requirements.

In 2013, the final revised SEMS rule, known as SEMS II, was published requiring operators to integrate six additional requirements over and above the requirements in API RP-75 to enhance the program and facilitate oversight:

  • Job Safety Analysis (JSA) - Provides additional requirements for conducting a JSA.
  • Auditing - Requires that all SEMS audits must be conducted by an audit service providers (ASPs), accredited by a BSEE-approved accreditation body (AB).
  • Stop Work Authority (SWA) - Creates procedures that establish SWA and make responsible any and all personnel who witness an activity that is creating imminent risk or danger to stop work.
  • Ultimate Work Authority (UWA) - Clearly defines requirements establishing who has the UWA on the facility for operational safety and decision-making at any given time.
  • Employee Participation Plan (EPP) - Provides an environment that promotes participation by employees and management in order to eliminate or mitigate hazards on the OCS.
  • Reporting Unsafe Working Conditions - Empowers all personnel to report to BSEE possible violations of safety or environmental regulations and requirements and threats of danger.

We will cover more information on each of these requirements throughout the course.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-3. The final revised SEMS rule, known as SEMS II, integrates six additional API RP-75 requirements including ____.