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30 CFR 553.702

§ 553.702 What limit of liability applies to my offshore facility?

United States · 30 CFR — Mineral Resources · Status: effective

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30 CFR 553.702, § 553.702 What limit of liability applies to my offshore facility?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/135453
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Except as provided in 33 U.S.C. 2704(c), the limit of liability under OPA for a responsible party for any offshore facility, including any offshore pipeline, is the total of all removal costs plus $167.8069 million for damages with respect to each incident.

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This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.