[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR296.1]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 296_FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 296.1  Purpose.

    These regulations implement title IV of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act Amendments of 1978, as amended (title IV). Title IV 
establishes a Fishermen's Contingency Fund to compensate commercial 
fishermen for damage or loss caused by obstructions associated with oil 
and gas activities on the Outer Continental Shelf.