(a) Your Facility Design Report provides specific details of the design of any facilities, including cables and pipelines that are outlined in your BOEM-approved SAP, COP, or GAP. Your Facility Design Report must demonstrate that your design conforms to your responsibilities listed in § 285.105(a). You must include the following items in your Facility Design Report:
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| (1) Cover letter | (i) Proposed facility designations:
(ii) Lease, ROW grant or RUE grant number;
(iii) Area; name and block numbers; and
(iv) The type of facility.
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| (2) Location plat | (i) Latitude and longitude coordinates, Universal Mercator grid-system coordinates, State plane coordinates in the Lambert or Transverse Mercator Projection System;
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| | (ii) Distances in feet from the nearest block lines. These coordinates must be based on the NAD (North American Datum) 83 datum plane coordinate system; and
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| | (iii) The location of any project easements.
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| (3) Front, Side, and Plan View drawings | (i) Facility dimensions and orientation;
(ii) Elevations relative to Mean Lower Low Water; and
(iii) Pile sizes and penetration.
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| (4) Complete set of structural drawings | The approved for construction fabrication drawings should be submitted including, e.g.,
(i) Cathodic protections systems;
(ii) Jacket design;
(iii) Pile foundations;
(iv) Mooring, tendon and tethering systems;
(v) Foundations and anchoring systems; and
(vi) Associated cable and pipeline designs.
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| (5) Summary of environmental data used for design | A summary of the environmental data used in the design or analysis of the facility. Examples of relevant data include information on:
(i) Extreme weather;
(ii) Seafloor conditions; and
(iii) Waves, wind, current, tides, temperature, snow and ice effects, marine growth, and water depth.
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| (6) Summary of the engineering design data | (i) Loading information (e.g., live, dead, environmental);
(ii) Structural information (e.g., design-life; material types; cathodic protection systems; design criteria; fatigue life; jacket design; deck design; production component design; foundation pilings and templates, and mooring, tethering or tendon systems; fabrication and installation guidelines);
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| | (iii) Location of foundation boreholes and foundation piles;
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| | (iv) Foundation information (e.g., soil stability, design criteria); and
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| | (v) For a floating facility, structural integrity, stability, and ballast information. This includes foundations, piles, templates, anchors or anchor systems, mooring, tethering and tendon systems.
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| (7) A complete set of design calculations | Self-explanatory.
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| (8) Project-specific studies used in the facility design or installation | All studies pertinent to facility design or installation, e.g., oceanographic and soil reports including the results of the survey required in 30 CFR 585.610(b), 585.626(b), or 585.645(b).
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| (9) Description of the loads imposed on the facility | (i) Loads imposed by the jacket;
(ii) Decks;
(iii) Production components;
(iv) Foundations, foundation pilings and templates, and anchoring systems; and
(v) Mooring, tendon or tethering systems.
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| (10) Geotechnical reports | Reports and supporting data from geotechnical surveys, in situ explorations, laboratory tests, analyses, burial or drivability assessments, and recommended design parameters.
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| (11) Design Standards | The industry standards you will apply to ensure the facilities are designed to meet § 285.105.
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| (12) Critical Safety Systems and Equipment | A risk assessment that identifies the Critical Safety Systems and Equipment and a description of the identified Critical Safety System and Equipment.
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| (13) Other information | Additional information required by BSEE. |
(b) For any floating facility, your design must meet the requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard for structural integrity and stability (e.g., verification of center of gravity) as listed in paragraph (a)(6)(v) of this section. The design must also consider:
(1) Foundations, foundation pilings and templates, and anchoring systems; and
(2) Mooring, tendon, or tethering systems.
(c) You must submit your FDR to BSEE pursuant to § 285.110 and provide the location of records, as required in § 285.714(c).
(d) If you are required to use a CVA, the FDR must include the following certification statement with accompanying justification: “The design of this structure has been certified by a BSEE-approved CVA to be in accordance with accepted engineering practices and the approved SAP, GAP, or COP, as applicable, and has been designed to provide for safety. The certified design and as-built plans and specifications will be on file at [provide location].”
[88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, as amended at 89 FR 42715, May 15, 2024]