---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 138.200"
title: "33"
number: "138.200"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/138.200"
---

# §138.200. Scope.


This subpart sets forth the limits of liability under Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended ([33 U.S.C. 2701](/usc/33/2701.md), et seq.) (OPA 90), for vessels, deepwater ports, and onshore facilities, as adjusted under OPA 90 ([33 U.S.C. 2704(d)](/usc/33/2704.md?p=d)). This subpart also sets forth the method and procedure the Coast Guard uses to periodically adjust the OPA 90 limits of liability by regulation under OPA 90 ([33 U.S.C. 2704(d)(4)](/usc/33/2704.md?p=d-4)), to reflect significant increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and to update the limits of liability when they are amended by statute. In addition, this subpart cross-references the U.S. Department of the Interior regulation setting forth the OPA 90 limit of liability applicable to offshore facilities, as adjusted under OPA 90 ([33 U.S.C. 2704(d)(4)](/usc/33/2704.md?p=d-4)) to reflect significant increases in the CPI.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 72355, Nov. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 552(d); 33 U.S.C. 2704, 2716, 2716a; 42 U.S.C. 9608, 9609; E.O. 12580, Sec. 7(b), 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193; E.O. 12777, Secs. 4 and 5, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351, as amended by E.O. 13286, Sec. 89, 3 CFR, 2004 Comp., p. 166, and by E.O. 13638, Sec. 1, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p.227; Department of Homeland Security Delegation Nos. 00170.1, Revision 01.2 and 5110, Revision 01. Section 138.40 also issued under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 2103 and 14302.

### Source

Source: USCG-2005-21780, 73 FR 53697, Sept. 17, 2008, unless otherwise noted.