33 CFR 146.5 - Person in charge.

Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 14, 2024

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Jun 12, 2024

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§ 146.5 - Person in charge.

(a) The owner or operator, or the agent of either of them, shall designate by title and in order of succession the persons on each OCS facility who shall be the “person in charge.”

(b) In case an emergency arises, nothing in the regulations in this subchapter shall be so construed as preventing the person in charge from pursuing the most effective action in that person's judgement for rectifying the conditions causing the emergency.

authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333,1348,1350,1356; 46 U.S.C. 70001,70116; Sec. 109, Public Law No. 109-347, 120 Stat. 1884; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1

source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9383, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 33 CFR 146.5