[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: 33CFR135.204]

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                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. 135.204  Submission of evidence.

    (a) Where the offshore facility is owned and operated solely by one 
person, that person must establish and maintain evidence of financial 
responsibility covering the facility.
    (b) Where the offshore facility is owned in its entirety by one 
person and operated solely by another person, evidence of financial 
responsibility covering the facility must be established and maintained 
by either the owner or the operator, or, in consolidated form, by both 
the owner and operator.

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    (c) Where the offshore facility is owned or operated by more than 
one person, evidence of financial responsibility covering the facility 
must be established and maintained by any one of the owners or 
operators, or, in consolidated form, by or on behalf of two or more 
owners or operators.
    (d) When evidence of financial responsibility is established in a 
consolidated form, the proportional share of each participant must be 
shown. The evidence must be accompanied by a statement authorizing the 
applicant to act for and in behalf of each participant in submitting and 
maintaining the evidence of financial responsibility.
    (e) Each owner and operator of a facility is subject to the penalty 
provided by section 312(a) of the Act if evidence of financial 
responsibility is not established and maintained for that facility.