This subchapter prescribes regulations for the licensing, construction, design, equipment, and operation of deepwater ports under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended (codified at 33 U.S.C. § 1501 et seq.) (the Act). The regulations in this subchapter (parts 148 through 150) have preemptive effect over state or local regulations in the same field.”

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[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39175, July 1, 2013; USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48243, July 22, 2016]