---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 143.210"
title: "33"
number: "143.210"
heading: "Letter of compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/143.210"
---

# §143.210. Letter of compliance.

- (a) The Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, determines whether a mobile offshore drilling unit which does not hold a valid Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection meets the requirements of [§ 143.205](/cfr/33/143.205.md) or [§ 143.207](/cfr/33/143.207.md) relating to design and equipment standards and issues a letter of compliance for each unit which meets the requirements. Inspection of the unit may be required as part of this determination.
- (b) A letter of compliance issued under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is valid for one year or until the MODU departs the OCS for foreign operations, whichever comes first.
- (c) The owner or operator of a foreign mobile offshore drilling unit requiring a letter of compliance examination must pay the fee prescribed in [46 CFR 2.10-130](/cfr/46/2.10-130.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-098a, 53 FR 18981, May 26, 1988, as amended by CGD 91-030, 60 FR 13563, Mar. 13, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333(d)(1), 1348(c), 1356; 49 CFR 1.46; section 143.210 is also issued under 14 U.S.C. 946 and 31 U.S.C. 9701.

### Source

Source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9382, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-098a, 53 FR 18981, May 26, 1988, as amended by CGD 91-030, 60 FR 13563, Mar. 13, 1995]