Guidance
Pollution PINCs
Pollution PINCs
- BSEE
- Guidance
- EnvironmentRegulation and Legislation
- Environmental protectionRegulation and legislation
- Inspection and maintenance
- Environmental monitoring and quality assurance
- Upstream oil and gas
- Marine waters
Summary
This regulatory inspection guide presents pollution compliance questions with cited authorities and enforcement codes. It covers offshore discharges, well solids disposal, contaminant collection, sump operation and pollution inspections. Further checks address spill response equipment testing and monthly inspection, record keeping, and spill containment and drainage on artificial islands.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Environmental monitoring and quality assurance.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Summary
BSEE inspection checklist of potential incidents of noncompliance for pollution prevention, spill inspections and response equipment on offshore facilities.
Themes: environment, regulation and legislation.
POLLUTION (Last Updated -- February 2026)
Prevention
E-100 IS THE OPERATOR PREVENTING UNATHORIZED DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS INTO OFFSHORE WATERS? (Last Updated – August 2024) Authority: 30 CFR 250.107(a) Enforcement Actions: W/C/S 30 CFR 250.132(a) 30 CFR 250.132(b) 30 CFR 250.300(a) 30 CFR 250.300(b)(3) 30 CFR 254.2(a) 30 CFR 254.5(a) 30 CFR 254.5(c)
E-101 IS THE LESSEE DISPOSING OF DRILL CUTTINGS, SAND, AND OTHER WELL SOLIDS AS APPROVED? (Last Updated – August 2024) Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(2) Enforcement Actions: C/S
E-102 IS THE FACILITY EQUIPPED WITH CURBS, GUTTERS, DRIP PANS, AND DRAINS NECESSARY TO COLLECT ALL CONTAMINANTS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR DISCHARGE? (Last Updated – August 2024) Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(4) Enforcement Actions: W/C/S
E-103 DOES THE SUMP SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAIN THE OIL AT A LEVEL SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT DISCHARGE OF OIL INTO OFFSHORE WATERS? (Last Updated – August 2024) Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(4) Enforcement Actions: W/C/S
E-104 IS ALL HYDROCARBONS HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOR TESTING AND PRODUCTION DESIGNED, INSTALLED AND OPERATED TO PREVENT POLLUTION? Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(3) Enforcement Actions: W/C/S 30 CFR 250.802(a)(b)(e)
E-105 ARE ALL GRAVITY DRAINS EQUIPPED WITH A WATER TRAP OR OTHER MEANS TO PREVENT GAS IN THE SUMP SYSTEM FROM ESCAPING THROUGH THE DRAINS? Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(4) Enforcement Actions: W/C/S 30 CFR 250.490(q)(13)
E-106 ARE SUMP PILES NOT USED AS PROCESSING DEVICES? (Last Updated – February 2018) Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(4) Enforcement Actions: C
E-107 IS THE LESSEE ADHERING TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE ADDITION OF PETROLEUM-BASED SUBSTANCES TO THE MUD SYSTEM, WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE DISTRICT MANAGER? (Last Updated – February 2018) Authority: 30 CFR 300(b)(1) Enforcement Actions: S
E-108 IS THE LESSEE PREVENTING THE DISPOSAL OF EQUIPMENT, CABLES, CHAINS, CONTAINERS, OR OTHER MATERIALS INTO OFFSHORE WATERS? (Last Updated – February 2018) Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(6) Enforcement Actions: W/S
Inspections and Reports
E-120 ARE FACILITIES AND PIPELINES BEING INSPECTED FOR SIGNS OF POLLUTION, AND ARE RECORDS BEING MAINTAINED? (Last Updated – February 2018) Authority: 30 CFR 250.132(a) Enforcement Actions: W/S 30 CFR 250.132(b) 30 CFR 250.301(a) 30 CFR 250.1005(a) 30 CFR 254.2(a)
E-123 IS THE POLLUTION RESPONSE EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIED IN OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLAN LOCATED AT THE DESIGNATED SITE(S), TESTED, MAINTAINED, AND INSPECTED MONTHLY, AND ARE RECORDS BEING MAINTAINED? (Last Updated – February 2018) Authority: 30 CFR 250.132(a) Enforcement Actions: W/S 30 CFR 250.132(b) 30 CFR 250.254.2(a) 30 CFR 254.5(a) 30 CFR 254.24(a) 30 CFR 254.40 30 CFR 254.42(e) 30 CFR 254.43(a) 30 CFR 254.43(b)
Artificial Islands
E-200 ON ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS, ARE ALL VESSELS CONTAINING HYDROCARBONS PLACED INSIDE AN IMPERVIOUS BERM OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED TO CONTAIN SPILLS? (Last Updated – February 2018) Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(5) Enforcement Actions: W/S
E-201 ON ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS, IS DRAINAGE DIRECTED AWAY FROM THE DRILLING RIG TO A SUMP? (Last Updated – February 2018) Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(5) Enforcement Actions: W/S
E-202 ON ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS, ARE DRAINS AND SUMPS CONSTRUCTED TO PREVENT SEEPAGE? Authority: 30 CFR 250.300(b)(5) Enforcement Actions: W/S