[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: 33CFR146.30]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 146--OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A--OCS Facilities
 
Sec. 146.30  Notice of casualties.

    (a) The owner, operator, and person in charge of an OCS facility 
shall ensure that the Coast Guard is notified as soon as possible after 
a casualty occurs, and by the most rapid means available, of each 
casualty involving the facility which results in:
    (1) Death; or
    (2) Injury to 5 or more persons in a single incident.
    (b) The owner, operator, and person in charge shall ensure that the 
Coast Guard is notified promptly of each casualty involving the facility 
which results in:
    (1) Damage affecting the usefulness of primary lifesaving or 
firefighting equipment;
    (2) Injury causing any person to be incapacitated for more than 72 
hours;
    (3) Damage to the facility exceeding $25,000 resulting from a 
collision by a vessel with the facility; or

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    (4) Damage to a floating OCS facility exceeding $25,000.
    (c) The notice required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section 
must identify the person giving the notice and the facility involved and 
describe, insofar as practicable, the nature of the casualty and the 
extent of injury to personnel and damage to property.
    (d) Damage costs referred to in paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this 
section include the cost of labor and material to restore the facility 
to the service condition which existed prior to the casualty, but does 
not include the cost of salvage, cleaning, gas freeing, drydocking or 
demurrage of the facility.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB control 
numbers 2115-0003 and 2115-0004)

[CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9383, Mar. 4, 1982, as amended by CGD 82-069, 50 FR 
14216, Apr. 11, 1985]