30 CFR § 553.701 - To which entities does this subpart apply?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s553.701"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 553.701 - To which entities does this subpart apply?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "553.701"
section_name: "To which entities does this subpart apply?"
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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# 553.701 To which entities does this subpart apply?

This subpart applies to you if you are a responsible party for an offshore facility, other than a deepwater port under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501-1524), but including an offshore pipeline, or an abandoned offshore facility, including any abandoned offshore pipeline, unless your liability is unlimited under OPA 90 (33 U.S.C. 2704(c)).