---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 107.01"
title: "46"
number: "107.01"
heading: "Purpose of subchapter."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/107.01"
---

# §107.01. Purpose of subchapter.


This subchapter prescribes rules for the design, construction, equipment, inspection and operation of mobile offshore drilling units operating under the U.S. flag. The regulations in this subchapter (parts [107](/cfr/46/part107.md) through [109](/cfr/46/part109.md)) have preemptive effect over State or local regulation within the same fields.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48265, July 22, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3316; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 107.05 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56802, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48265, July 22, 2016]