33 CFR § 137.5 - Disclosure obligations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s137.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 137.5 - Disclosure obligations."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "137.5"
section_name: "Disclosure obligations."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "MARINE POLLUTION FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPENSATION"
part_number: "137"
part_name: "OIL SPILL LIABILITY: STANDARDS FOR CONDUCTING ALL APPROPRIATE INQUIRIES UNDER THE INNOCENT LAND-OWNER DEFENSE"
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. 2703(d)(4); Sec. 1512 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-296, Title XV, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2310 (6 U.S.C. 552(d)); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 14000."
regulatory_source: "USCG-2006-25708, 73 FR 2150, Jan. 14, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "137"
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# 137.5 Disclosure obligations.
(a) Under 33 U.S.C. 2703(c)(1), persons specified in § 137.1(a), including environmental professionals, must report the incident as required by law if they know or have reason to know of the incident.
(b) This part does not limit or expand disclosure obligations under any Federal, State, tribal, or local law. It is the obligation of each person, including environmental professionals, conducting inquiries to determine his or her respective disclosure obligations under Federal, State, tribal, and local law and to comply with them.