33 CFR § 140.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s140.1"
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title: "33 CFR § 140.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "140.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "140"
part_name: "GENERAL"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333, 1348, 1350, 1356; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9376, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 140.1 Purpose.

This subchapter is intended to promote safety of life and property on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) facilities, vessels, and other units engaged in OCS activities, protect the marine environment, and implement the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 *et seq.*), as amended by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-372, 92 Stat. 629).