33 CFR § 146.102 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s146.102"
source: "ecfr"
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title: "33 CFR § 146.102 - Definitions."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "146.102"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "146"
part_name: "OPERATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333, 1348, 1350, 1356; 46 U.S.C. 70001, 70116; Sec. 109, Public Law No. 109-347, 120 Stat. 1884; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9383, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "146"
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# 146.102 Definitions.
For the purpose of this subpart:
*Arrives on the OCS* means when a floating facility enters any OCS block area for the purpose of engaging in operations subject to the jurisdiction of the OCS Lands Act.
*OCS block area* means the names given by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, (BOEM) to define the OCS areas used to facilitate management or leasing on the OCS.
*U.S.,* as used in the term, “U.S. floating facility,” means a “floating facility,” that is registered, documented, or certificated under the laws of the United States or that is not registered, documented, or certificated under the laws of the United States or any other nation.
[USCG-2008-1088, 76 FR 2260, Jan. 13, 2011, as amended by USCG-2013-0797, 79 FR 36405, June 27, 2014]