(a) Each operator of a deepwater port must ensure that the port complies with the requirements of this subpart, and must ensure that all places of employment within the port are:
(1) Maintained in compliance with workplace safety and health regulations of this subpart; and
(2) Free from recognized hazardous conditions.
(b) Persons responsible for actual operations, including owners, operators, contractors, and subcontractors must ensure that those operations subject to their control are:
(1) Conducted in compliance with workplace safety and health regulations of this subpart; and
(2) Free from recognized hazardous conditions.
(c) The term “recognized hazardous conditions,” as used in this subpart, means conditions that are:
(1) Generally known among persons in the affected industry as causing, or likely to cause, death or serious physical harm to persons exposed to those conditions; and
(2) Routinely controlled in the affected industry.
authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a);
46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 150.601