Text of Pertinent Regulations - Structural Integrity of Offshore Wind Turbines - page 152

§ 285.708 What are the CVA's or project engineer's primary duties
for fabrication and installation review?
a. The CVA or project engineer must do all of the following:
1. Use good engineering judgment and practice in conducting an inde-
pendent assessment of the fabrication and installation activities;
2. Monitor the fabrication and installation of the facility as required
by paragraph (b) of this section;
3. Make periodic onsite inspections while fabrication is in progress
and verify the items required by §285.709;
4. Make periodic onsite inspections while installation is in progress
and satisfy the requirements of §295.710; and
5. Certify in a report that project components are fabricated and
installed in accordance with accepted engineering practices; your
approved COP, SAP, or GAP (as applicable); and the Fabrication
and Installation Report.
i. The report must also identify the location of all records pertain-
ing to fabrication and installation, as required in §285.714(c); and
ii. You may commence commercial operations or other approved
activities 30 days after MMS receives that certification report,
unless MMS notifies you within that time period of its objec-
tions to the certification report.
b. To comply with paragraph (a)(5) of this section, the CVA or project
engineer must monitor the fabrication and installation of the facility
to ensure that it has been built and installed according to the Facility
Design Report and Fabrication and Installation Report.
1. If the CVA or project engineer finds that fabrication and installa-
tion procedures have been changed or design specifications have
been modified, the CVA or project engineer must inform you; and
2. If you accept the modifications, then you must also inform MMS.
§ 285.709 When conducting onsite fabrication inspections, what
must the CVA or project engineer verify?
a. To comply with §285.708(a)(3), the CVA or project engineer must
make periodic onsite inspections while fabrication is in progress and
must verify the following fabrication items, as appropriate:
1. Quality control by lessee (or grant holder) and builder;
2. Fabrication site facilities;