33 CFR § 143.207 - Requirements for foreign MODUs.

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title: "33 CFR § 143.207 - Requirements for foreign MODUs."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "143.207"
section_name: "Requirements for foreign MODUs."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "143"
part_name: "DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333(d)(1), 1348(c), 1356; 49 CFR 1.46; section 143.210 is also issued under 14 U.S.C. 946 and 31 U.S.C. 9701."
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# 143.207 Requirements for foreign MODUs.

Each mobile offshore drilling unit that is documented under the laws of a foreign nation must, when engaged in OCS activities, comply with one of the following:

(a) The design and equipment standards of 46 CFR part 108.

(b) The design and equipment standards of the documenting nation if the standards provide a level of safety generally equivalent to or greater than that provided under 46 CFR part 108.

(c) The design and equipment standards for mobile offshore drilling units contained in the International Maritime Organization (IMO, formerly Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization or IMCO) (IMO) Code for Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (IMO Assembly Resolution A.414(XI)) which has been incorporated by reference.