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Harbor Workers' Compensation Act under this 

 section — 



(1) the term "employee" does not include a 

 master or member of a crew of any vessel, or an 

 officer or employee of the United States or any 

 agency thereof or of any State or foreign govern- 

 ment, or of any political subdivision thereof: 



(2) the term "employer" means an employer 

 any of whose employees are employed in such 

 operations; and 



(3) the term "United States" when used in a 

 geographical sense includes the outer Continental 

 Shelf and artificial islands and fixed structures 

 thereon. 



(d) Applicability of National Labor Kelations Act. 



For the purposes of the National Labor Relations 

 Act. as amended, any unfair labor practice, as de- 

 fined in such Act. occurring upon any artificial 

 island or fixed structure referred to in subsection (a) 

 of this section shall be deemed to have occurred 

 within the judicial district of the adjacent State 

 nearest the place of location of such island or 

 structure. 



(e) Coast Guard refjulations; marking of islands and 

 .structures; offenses and penalties. 



( 1 ) The head of the Department m which the 

 Coast Guard is operating shall have authority to 

 promulgate and enforce such reasonable regulations 

 with respect to lights and other warning devices, 

 safety equipment, and other matters relating to the 

 promotion of safety of life and property on the 

 islands and structures referred to in subsection (a) 

 of this section or on the waters adjacent thereto, 

 as he may deem necessary. 



(2) The head of the Department in which the 

 Coast Guard is operating may mark for the protec- 

 tion of navigation any such island or structure when- 

 ever the owner has failed suitably to mark the same 

 in accordance with regulations issued hereunder, 

 and the owner shall pay the cost thereof. Any per- 

 son, firm, company, or corporation who shall fail 

 or refuse to obey any of the lawful rules and regula- 

 tions issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor and shall be fined not more than $100 for 

 each oflense. Each day during which such violation 

 shall continue shall be considered a new offense. 



(f) Prevention of obstruction to na\igation by Secre- 

 tary of tbe Army. 



The authority of the Secretary of the Army to 

 prevent obstruction to navigation in the navigable 

 v;aters of the United States is extended to artificial 

 islands and fixed structures located on the outer 

 Continental Shelf. 



(g) Provisions as non-exclusive. 



The specific application by this section of cer- 

 tain provisions of law to the subsoil and seabed of 

 the outer Continental Shelf and the artificial islands 

 and fixed structures referred to in subsection (a) 

 of this section or to acts or offenses occurring or 

 committed thereon shall not give rise to any infer- 

 ence that the application to such islands and 

 structures, acts, or offenses of any other provision 



of law is not intended. (Aug. 7. 1953, ch. 345. § 4, 

 67 Stat. 462.) 



§ 1334. Administration of leasing. 



(a) Rules and regulations; amendment; cooperation 

 with State agencies; violations and penalties; 

 compliance with regulations as condition of 

 lease. 



( 1 ) The Secretary shall administer the provisions 

 of this subchapter relating to the leasing of the 

 outer Continental Shelf, and shall prescribe such 

 rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry 

 out such provisions. The Secretary may at any time 

 prescribe and amend such rules and regulations 

 as he determines to be necessary and proper in 

 order to provide for the prevention of waste and 

 conservation of the natural resources of the outer 

 Continental Shelf, and the protection of correlative 

 rights therein, and. notwithstanding any other pro- 

 visions herein, such rules and regulations shall ap- 

 ply to all operations conducted under a lease issued 

 or maintained under the provisions of this 

 subchapter. In the enforcement of conservation 

 laws, rules, and regulations the Secretary is au- 

 thorized to cooperate with the conservation agencies 

 of the adjacent States. Without limiting the gen- 

 erality of the foregoing provisions of this section, 

 the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary 

 thereunder may provide for the assignment or re- 

 linquishment of leases, for the sale of royalty oil 

 and gas accruing or reserved to the United States 

 at not less than market value, and. in the interest 

 of conservation, for unitization, pooling, drilling 

 agreements, suspension of operations or production, 

 reduction of rentals or royalties, compensatory 

 royalty agreements, subsurface storage of oil or gas 

 In any of said submerged lands, and drilling or 

 other easements necessary for operations or 

 production. 



(2) Any person who knowingly and willfully vio- 

 lates any rule or regulation prescribed by the Secre- 

 tary for the prevention of waste, the conservation 

 of the natural resources, or the protection of correl- 

 ative rights shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor and punishable by a fine of not more than 

 $2,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six 

 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, 

 and each day of violation shall be deemed to be a 

 separate offense. The issuance and continuance 

 in effect of any lease, or of any extension, renewal, 

 or replacement of any lease under the provisions 

 of this subchapter shall be conditioned upon com- 

 pliance with the regulations issued under this sub- 

 chapter and in force and effect on the date of the 

 issuance of the lease if the lease is issued under the 

 provisions of section 1337 of this title, or with the 

 regulations issued under the provisions of section 

 1335 (b» (2) of this title if the lease is maintained 

 under the provisions of section 1335 of this title. 



(b) Cancellation of lease; judicial review. 



(1) Whenever the owner of a nonproducing lease 

 fails to comply with any of the provisions of this 

 subchapter, or of the lease, or of the regulations 

 issued under this subchapter and in force and ef- 

 fect on the date of the issuance of the lease if the 

 lease is issued under the provisions of section 1337 

 of this title, or of the regulations issued under the 

 provisions of section 1335 <b) <2) of this title, if the 

 lease is maintained under the provisions of section 



