[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: 33CFR146.125]

[Page 158]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 146--OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B--Manned OCS Facilities
 
Sec. 146.125  Emergency drills.

    (a) Emergency drills shall be conducted at least once each month by 
the person in charge of the manned facility. The drill shall be 
conducted as if an actual emergency existed. All personnel should report 
to their respective stations and be prepared to perform the duties 
assigned to them.
    (b) The person in charge and conducting the emergency drill shall 
instruct the personnel as necessary to insure that all persons are 
familiar with their duties and stations.
    (c) Emergency evacuation drills. The following emergency evacuation 
drills must be conducted:
    (1) At least once a year, all the elements of the Emergency 
Evacuation Plan (EEP) under Sec. 146.140 relating to the evacuation of 
personnel from the facility must be exercised through a drill or a 
series of drills. The drill(s) must exercise all of the means and 
procedures listed in the EEP for each circumstance and condition 
described in the EEP under Sec. 146.140(d)(9).
    (2) At least once a month, a drill must be conducted that 
demonstrates the ability of the facility's personnel to perform their 
duties and functions on the facility, as those duties and functions are 
described in the EEP. If a standby vessel is designated for that 
facility in the EEP, the vessel must be positioned as described in the 
EEP for an evacuation of that facility and the vessel's crew must 
demonstrate its ability to perform its duties and functions under the 
EEP.
    (d) The date and time of such drills shall be reported in writing by 
the person in charge at the time of the drill to the owner who shall 
maintain this report record for a year and furnish it upon request to 
the Coast Guard. After one year, such records may be destroyed. When it 
is impossible to conduct emergency drills as required by this section 
during a particular calendar month, during the following month, a 
written report by the owner shall be submitted to the Officer in Charge, 
Marine Inspection, stating why the drills could not be conducted.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB control 
number 2115-0071)

[CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9383, Mar. 4, 1982, as amended by CGD 84-098b, 54 FR 
21572, May 18, 1989]