33 CFR § 6.19-1 - Primary responsibility.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s6.19-1"
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title: "33 CFR § 6.19-1 - Primary responsibility."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "6.19-1"
section_name: "Primary responsibility."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "6"
part_name: "PROTECTION AND SECURITY OF VESSELS, HARBORS, AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 Stat. 220, as amended; 50 U.S.C. 70051."
regulatory_source: "E.O. 10173, 15 FR 7012, Oct. 20, 1950, unless otherwise noted."
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# 6.19-1 Primary responsibility.

Nothing contained in this part shall be construed as relieving the masters, owners, operators, and agents of vessels or other waterfront facilities from their primary responsibility for the protection and security of such vessels or waterfront facilities, including any data, information, network, program, system, or other digital infrastructure thereon or therein.

[E.O. 14116, 89 FR 13973, Feb. 26, 2024]