[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR135.201]

[Page 62]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 135--OFFSHORE OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUND--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart C--Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities
 
Sec. 135.201  Applicability.


    (a) This subpart applies to the owner or operator of each offshore 
facility required by the Act to establish and maintain evidence of 
financial responsibility.
    (b) For the purpose of this subpart:
    (1) All structures, including platforms, wells, and pipelines, are 
considered a single offshore facility if they are physically connected, 
located upstream of the point of custody transfer, within the same oil 
field, and under one ownership.
    (2) If separate parts of a structure, including platforms and 
pipelines, are owned separately, each part having common ownership is 
considered a separate offshore facility.
    (3) A mobile offshore drilling unit is considered an offshore 
facility from the moment a drill shaft or other device connected to the 
unit first touches the seabed or connects to a well for the purposes of 
exploration, development, or production of oil until drilling is 
completed and the unit is no longer attached to the well or drill hole 
by any device.
    (4) A mobile offshore drilling unit considered an offshore facility 
under paragraph (b)(3) of this section remains a separate facility when 
physically connected to another offshore facility, unless both are under 
one ownership.
    (5) All segments of a common carrier pipeline from the point of 
custody transfer to the shore, including any pumping or booster 
stations, which are under one ownership are considered a single offshore 
facility.
    (6) Any pipeline, which is under one ownership, between two offshore 
facilities, or between an offshore facility and the shore, is considered 
a single offshore facility.
    (7) Offshore facilities which drill for, produce, or process only 
natural gas are not subject to this subpart unless the facilities have 
the capacity to transport, store, or otherwise handle more than 1,000 
barrels of condensate at any one time.
    Note: Regulations governing financial responsiblity and 
certification for vessels are promulgated by the Federal Maritime 
Commission.