30 CFR § 553.700 - What is the scope of this subpart?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s553.700"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 553.700 - What is the scope of this subpart?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "553.700"
section_name: "What is the scope of this subpart?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "553"
part_name: "OIL SPILL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OFFSHORE FACILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 2704, 2716; 2716a; E.O. 12777, as amended."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "553"
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# 553.700 What is the scope of this subpart?

This subpart sets forth the limit of liability for damages for offshore facilities under Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended (33 U.S.C. 2701 *et seq.*) (OPA), as adjusted, under section 1004(d) of OPA (33 U.S.C. 2704(d)). This subpart also sets forth the method for adjusting the limit of liability for damages for offshore facilities for inflation, by regulation, under section 1004(d) of OPA (33 U.S.C. 2704(d)).