(a) Each operator of a deepwater port must ensure that the port complies with the requirements of this subpart, and must ensure that all places of employment within the port are:
(1) Maintained in compliance with workplace safety and health regulations of this subpart; and
(2) Free from recognized hazardous conditions.
(b) Persons responsible for actual operations, including owners, operators, contractors, and subcontractors must ensure that those operations subject to their control are:
(1) Conducted in compliance with workplace safety and health regulations of this subpart; and
(2) Free from recognized hazardous conditions.
(c) The term ``recognized hazardous conditions,'' as used in this subpart, means conditions that are:
(1) Generally known among persons in the affected industry as causing, or likely to cause, death or serious physical harm to persons exposed to those conditions; and
(2) Routinely controlled in the affected industry.