---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch40/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch40-schI"
sections_count: 21
---

# Subchapter I — Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters › Chapter 40 — Oil Pollution

## Sections

- [§2701. Definitions](/usc/33/2701.md)
- [§2702. Elements of liability](/usc/33/2702.md)
- [§2703. Defenses to liability](/usc/33/2703.md)
- [§2704. Limits on liability](/usc/33/2704.md)
- [§2705. Interest; partial payment of claims](/usc/33/2705.md)
- [§2706. Natural resources](/usc/33/2706.md)
- [§2707. Recovery by foreign claimants](/usc/33/2707.md)
- [§2708. Recovery by responsible party](/usc/33/2708.md)
- [§2709. Contribution](/usc/33/2709.md)
- [§2710. Indemnification agreements](/usc/33/2710.md)
- [§2711. Consultation on removal actions](/usc/33/2711.md)
- [§2712. Uses of Fund](/usc/33/2712.md)
- [§2713. Claims procedure](/usc/33/2713.md)
- [§2714. Designation of source and advertisement](/usc/33/2714.md)
- [§2715. Subrogation](/usc/33/2715.md)
- [§2716. Financial responsibility](/usc/33/2716.md)
- [§2716a. Financial responsibility civil penalties](/usc/33/2716a.md)
- [§2717. Litigation, jurisdiction, and venue](/usc/33/2717.md)
- [§2718. Relationship to other law](/usc/33/2718.md)
- [§2719. State financial responsibility](/usc/33/2719.md)
- [§2720. Differentiation among fats, oils, and greases](/usc/33/2720.md)