30 CFR § 270.1 - Purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s270.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 270.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "270.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "270"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1863."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "270"
---
# 270.1 Purpose.
The purpose of this part is to implement the provisions of section 604 of the OCSLA of 1978 which provides that “no person shall, on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex, be excluded from receiving or participating in any activity, sale, or employment, conducted pursuant to the provisions of * * * the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.”