30 CFR § 585.610
What must I include in my SAP?
July 29, 2020
Your SAP must include the following information, as applicable.
(a) For all activities you propose to conduct under your SAP, you must provide the following information:
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| Project information | Including |
|---|---|
| (1) Contact information | The name, address, e-mail address, and phone number of an authorized representative. |
| (2) The site assessment or technology testing concept | A discussion of the objectives; description of the proposed activities, including the technology you will use; and proposed schedule from start to completion. |
| (3) Designation of operator, if applicable | As provided in §585.405. |
| (4) Commercial lease stipulations and compliance | A description of the measures you took, or will take, to satisfy the conditions of any lease stipulations related to your proposed activities. |
| (5) A location plat | The surface location and water depth for all proposed and existing structures, facilities, and appurtenances located both offshore and onshore. |
| (6) General structural and project design, fabrication, and installation | Information for each type of facility associated with your project. |
| (7) Deployment activities | A description of the safety, prevention, and environmental protection features or measures that you will use. |
| (8) Your proposed measures for avoiding, minimizing, reducing, eliminating, and monitoring environmental impacts | A description of the measures you will use to avoid or minimize adverse effects and any potential incidental take, before you conduct activities on your lease, and how you will mitigate environmental impacts from your proposed activities, including a description of the measures you will use as required by subpart H of this part. |
| (9) CVA nomination, if required | CVA nominations for reports in subpart G of this part, as required by §585.706, or a request to waive the CVA requirement, as required by §585.705(c). |
| (10) Reference information | A list of any document or published source that you cite as part of your plan. You may reference information and data discussed in other plans you previously submitted or that are otherwise readily available to BOEM. |
| (11) Decommissioning and site clearance procedures | A discussion of methodologies. |
| (12) Air quality information | Information as described in §585.659 of this section. |
| (13) A listing of all Federal, State, and local authorizations or approvals required to conduct site assessment activities on your lease | A statement indicating whether such authorization or approval has been applied for or obtained. |
| (14) A list of agencies and persons with whom you have communicated, or with whom you will communicate, regarding potential impacts associated with your proposed activities | Contact information and issues discussed. |
| (15) Financial assurance information | Statements attesting that the activities and facilities proposed in your SAP are or will be covered by an appropriate bond or other approved security, as required in §§585.515 and 585.516. |
| (16) Other information | Additional information as requested by BOEM. |
(b) You must provide the results of geophysical and geological surveys, hazards surveys, archaeological surveys (if required), and baseline collection studies (e.g., biological) with the supporting data in your SAP:
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| Information | Report contents | Including |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Geotechnical | The results from the geotechnical survey with supporting data | A description of all relevant seabed and engineering data and information to allow for the design of the foundation for that facility. You must provide data and information to depths below which the underlying conditions will not influence the integrity or performance of the structure. This could include a series of sampling locations (borings and in situ tests) as well as laboratory testing of soil samples, but may consist of a minimum of one deep boring with samples. |
| (2) Shallow hazards | The results from the shallow hazards survey with supporting data | A description of information sufficient to determine the presence of the following features and their likely effects on your proposed facility, including: (i) Shallow faults; (ii) Gas seeps or shallow gas; (ii) Slump blocks or slump sediments; (iv) Hydrates; and (v) Ice scour of seabed sediments. |
| (3) Archaeological resources | The results from the archaeological survey with supporting data, if required | (i) A description of the results and data from the archaeological survey; |
| (ii) A description of the historic and prehistoric archaeological resources, as required by the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. | ||
| (4) Geological survey | The results from the geological survey with supporting data | A report that describes the results of a geological survey that includes descriptions of: (i) Seismic activity at your proposed site; (ii) Fault zones; (iii) The possibility and effects of seabed subsidence; and (iv) The extent and geometry of faulting attenuation effects of geologic conditions near your site. |
| (5) Biological survey | The results from the biological survey with supporting data | A description of the results of a biological survey, including descriptions of the presence of live bottoms; hard bottoms; topographic features; and surveys of other marine resources such as fish populations (including migratory populations), marine mammals, sea turtles, and sea birds. |
(c) If you submit your COP or FERC license application with your SAP then:
(1) You must provide sufficient data and information with your COP or FERC license application for BOEM and/or FERC to complete the needed reviews and NEPA analysis.
(2) You may need to revise your COP or FERC license application and BOEM and/or FERC may need to conduct additional reviews, including NEPA analysis, if new information becomes available after you complete your site assessment activities.
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