33 CFR 143.201 - Existing MODUs exempted from new design requirements.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Apr 29, 2025

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§ 143.201 - Existing MODUs exempted from new design requirements.

Any mobile offshore drilling unit built before, under construction on, or contracted for prior to April 5, 1982 is not required to meet the design requirements of this subpart until the unit is rebuilt. Until rebuilt, the unit must continue to comply with the design requirements applicable to the unit on April 4, 1982.

[CGD 78-160, 47 FR 11011, Mar. 15, 1982]

authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333(d)(1), 1348(c), 1356; 49 CFR 1.46; section 143.210 is also issued under 14 U.S.C. 946 and 31 U.S.C. 9701.

source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9382, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 33 CFR 143.201