---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.1904"
title: "30"
number: "250.1904"
heading: "Special instructions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.1904"
---

# §250.1904. Special instructions.

- (a) For purposes of this subpart, each and every reference in COS-2-01, COS-2-03, and COS-2-04 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)) to the term deepwater means the entire OCS, including all water depths.
- (b) The BSEE does not incorporate by reference any requirement that you must be a COS member company. For purposes of this subpart, each and every reference in COS-2-01, COS-2-03, and COS-2-04 to the phrase COS member company(ies) means you, whether or not you are a COS member.
- (c) For purposes of this subpart, each and every reference in the relevant sections of COS-2-01, COS-2-03, and COS-2-04 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)) to the Center for Offshore Safety or COS means accreditation body or AB.
- (d) For purposes of this subpart, each and every reference in ISO/IEC 17011 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)) to conformity assessment body (CAB) means ASP.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 20441, Apr. 5, 2013, as amended at 91 FR 35362, June 10, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 20441, Apr. 5, 2013, as amended at 91 FR 35362, June 10, 2026]