Continental Shelf Act

Ports Division has a statutory responsibility under the Coast Protection Act 1949 to ensure that coastal works and the siting of olTshore installations create no hindrance to navigation. The Act was extended by the Continental Shelf Act 19X9 to alt parts of the UK continental shelf. 

Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 Continental Shelf Act 1989 Diving at Work Regulations 1997 Docks Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 Docks Regulations 1988 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981... 

It is also interesting that in 1970 Chevron pleaded "no contest" to charges of "knowingly and willfully" failing to install safety devices on 90 oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico. Three other oil companies were similarly charged with the same offense (Shell, Conoco and Humble). At the time Chevron was fined 1 million U S. dollars for 500 violations under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The violations involved failure to install safety chokes at the wells - i.e., a method to cut off the flow of oil automatically in the event of incident. 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) 1953 Authorizes Secretary of the Interior to grant mineral leases and to regulate oil and gas activities on outer continental shelf lands by maintaining an oil and gas leasing program... 

The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) required the establishment of security regulations to increase the security of the nation s ports. These regulations are published under 33 CFR 101 (Maritime Security General), 33 CFR 103 (Maritime, Security Area Maritime Security), 33 CFR 104 (Maritime Security Vessels), 33 CFR 105 (Maritime Security Facilities), and 33 CFR 106 (Maritime Security Outer Continental Shelf Facilities), and are enforced by the U.S. Coast Guard. The purpose of these regulations is to ... 

Other instruments of relevance to nuclear security and focused on criminalization of certain offences include the 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, the 2005 Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, the 2005 Protocol to the 1988 Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Eixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf and the 2010 Beijing Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation. 

At the outset, the geographical scope of the acts is restricted to Norwegian territory. (As to the basis in international law for extending the application to the continental shelf, see Section 5.2.) Specific provisions are needed to make the acts applicable to offshore activities. All the acts mentioned here contain such specific provisions. 

Criminal Code Sect. 12 (1) (a)-(c), making the act generally applicable to activities taking place on installations engaged in petroleum exploration or production and located on the Norwegian continental shelf, or activities within the safety zones established around such installations. 

At the core of this framework is the law that authorizes the conduct of OCS oil and gas operations, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). This law, amended several times since its enactment in 1953, asserts federal authority over... 

Section 4(a) states that the provisions of the OSH Act shall apply with respect to employment performed in a workplace in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Wake Island, Outer Continental Shelf Lands defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Johnston Island, and the Canal Zone. The Secretary of the Interior shall, by regulation, provide for judicial enforcement of this Act by the courts established for areas in which there are no United States district courts having jurisdiction. ... 

An incident involving a major fire, an oil spill, or any injury occurring as a result of operations conducted pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), including allegations of unsafe working conditions or violations of safety regulations. 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953 as amended in 1978, Public L. 95-572, 92 Stat. 629 (1978) Public L. 212, Gh. 345, 67 Stat. 462 (1953) National Gommis-sion on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, Deep Water 60-62 (2011). 

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