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Executive Summary
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The scope of MMS's responsibility extends to the comprehensive regulation of fixed platforms and drilling and production operations on both fixed and mobile platforms. To carry out its regulatory responsibility, the MMS has promulgated regulations regarding safe operation, including the installation, maintenance, and periodic testing of various safety devices.
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the large population of workers on a facility while it is engaged in drilling operations. Additionally, the committee believes that at an early date MMS should introduce the enhanced data collection and safety analysis program discussed in Chapter 7 to the fullest extent possible.
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However, the program does not incorporate the necessary data and information collection and analytical activity for systematically upgrading safety performance requirements for OCS operations. The committee recommended that the current inspection program be modified to enhance its effectiveness at present levels of personnel and funding through implementation of alternative 2 (inspection of a sampling of PINCs-rather than all the PINCs~uring the annual inspection, together with increased spot inspections)
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For that reason, the committee believes that items on the PINC list should be continually reviewed, expanded, pruned, or otherwise revised so that the PINC list focuses on the causes of accidents that actually are experienced and their early warning signals. Analysis based on an improved data base would permit this to be done with confidence.
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In terms of injuries and fatalities, OCS drilling and production operations are comparable to other hazardous activities onshore, such as mining and construction. In terms of environmental impact, oil pollution from offshore operations contributes less than any other significant source to the release of hydrocarbons into the marine environment.
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