---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 153.303"
title: "33"
number: "153.303"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/153.303"
---

# §153.303. Applicability.


The provisions of this subpart apply to any owner or operator of a vessel or onshore or offshore facility from which a discharge of oil into coastal waters occurs who acts to remove or arranges for the removal of such discharges.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 33 U.S.C. 1321, 1903, 1908; 42 U.S.C. 9615; 46 U.S.C. 6101; E.O. 12580, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193; E.O. 12777, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-185, 41 FR 12630, Mar. 25, 1976, unless otherwise noted.