33 CFR § 140.201 - General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s140.201"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 140.201 - General."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "140.201"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "140"
part_name: "GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "140"
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# 140.201 General.
Under the direction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, investigating officers investigate the following incidents occurring as a result of OCS activities:
(a) Death.
(b) Injury resulting in substantial impairment of any bodily unit or function.
(c) Fire which causes death, serious injury or property damage exceeding $25,000.
(d) Oil spillage exceeding two hundred barrels of oil in one occurrence during a thirty-day period.
(e) Other injuries, casualties, accidents, complaints of unsafe working conditions, fires, pollution, and incidents occurring as a result of OCS activities as the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, deems necessary to promote the safety of life or property or protect the marine environment.