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REQUIREMENTS FOR CVAs IN BOEMRE RENEWABLE
ENERGY REGULATIONS
Below are excerpts from 30 CFR Part 285, “Renewable Energy Alternate
Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf.”
§ 285.705 When must I use a Certified Verification Agent (CVA)?
You must use a CVA to review and certify the Facility Design Report, the
Fabrication and Installation Report, and the Project Modifications and
Repairs Report.
a. You must use a CVA to
1. Ensure that your facilities are designed, fabricated, and installed in
conformance with accepted engineering practices and the Facility
Design Report and Fabrication and Installation Report;
2. Ensure that repairs and major modifications are completed in con-
formance with accepted engineering practices; and
3. Provide MMS immediate reports of all incidents that affect the design,
fabrication, and installation of the project and its components.
b. The MMS may waive the requirement that you use a CVA if you can
demonstrate the following: [Table 4].
TABLE 4
Then MMS may waive the requirement for
If you demonstrate that . . .
a CVA for the following:
The facility design conforms to a standard design
that has been used successfully in a similar envi-
ronment, and the installation design conforms to
accepted engineering practices.
The manufacturer has successfully manufactured
similar facilities, and the facility will be fabri-
cated in conformance with accepted engineering
practices.
The installation company has successfully installed
similar facilities in a similar offshore environment,
and your structure(s) will be installed in confor-
mance with accepted engineering practices.
Repairs and major modifications will be completed in
conformance with accepted engineering practices.
The design of your structure(s).
The fabrication of your structure(s).
The installation of your structure(s).
The repair or major modification of your
structure(s).
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