[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: 33CFR135.5]

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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 A--General
 
Sec. 135.5  Definitions.

    (a) As used in this part, the following terms shall have the same 
meaning as defined in section 301 of Title III of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-372): ``barrel''; 
``claim''; ``discharge''; ``facility''; ``Fund''; ``guarantor''; 
``incident''; ``offshore facility''; ``oil pollution''; ``operator''; 
``owner''; ``person''; ``person in charge''; ``public vessel''; and 
``vessel''.
    (b) As used in this part:
    (1) Act means Title III of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
Amendments of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-372), entitled ``Offshore Oil Spill 
Pollution Fund''.
    (2) Captain of the Port means a Coast Guard officer designated as 
Captain of the Port for the areas described in Part 3 of this chapter, 
or that person's authorized representative or, where there is no Captain 
of the Port area, the District Commander.
    (3) Commandant means the Commandant of the Coast Guard or that 
person's authorized representative.
    (4) District Commander means the Coast Guard officer commanding a 
Coast Guard District described in Part 3 of this chapter, or that 
person's authorized representative.
    (5) Fund Administrator means the person to whom the authority and 
functions of the Commandant as administrator of the Fund are delegated.
    (6) Oil means petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction or 
residue therefrom and natural gas condensate, except that the term does 
not include natural gas.
    (7) Outer Continental Shelf or OCS means ``outer Continental Shelf'' 
as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C.1331(a)).