Covered Offshore Facility [Oil Spill] Law and Legal Definition
According to 30 CFR 253.3 [Title 30. Mineral Resources; Chapter II. Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, And Enforcement, Department Of The Interior; Subchapter B Offshore; Part 253 Oil Spill Financial Responsibility For Offshore Facilities, Subpart A General], ‘covered offshore facility (COF)’ means a facility:
(1) That includes any structure and all its components (including wells completed at the structure and the associated pipelines), equipment, pipeline, or device (other than a vessel or other than a pipeline or deepwater port licensed under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)) used for exploring for, drilling for, or producing oil or for transporting oil from such facilities. This includes a well drilled from a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) and the associated riser and well control equipment from the moment a drill shaft or other device first touches the seabed for purposes of exploring for, drilling for, or producing oil, but it does not include the MODU; and
(2) That is located:
(i) Seaward of the coastline; or
(ii) In any portion of a bay that is:
(A) Connected to the sea, either directly or through one or more other bays; and(B) Depicted in whole or in part on any USGS map listed in the Appendix to this part, or on any map published by the USGS that is a successor to and covers all or part of the same area as a listed map. Where any portion of a bay is included on a listed map, this rule applies to the entire bay; and
(3) That has a worst case oil-spill discharge potential of more than 1,000 bbls of oil, or a lesser volume if the Director determines in writing that the oil-spill discharge risk justifies the requirement to demonstrate OSFR (oil spill financial responsibility).
Legal Definition list
- Covered Offshore Facility [Oil Spill]
- Covered Noncareer Employee [Administrative Personnel]
- Covered Multifamily Dwellings [HUD]
- Covered Military Member
- Covered Loan
- Covered Osteoporosis Drug
- Covered Pay Schedule
- Covered Person [Banks & Banking]
- Covered Person [Energy]
- Covered Proceeding
- Covered Program (Health Care)
