Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 28 — Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention
§ 1475. Consultation procedure
Statutory text
Before taking any measure under section 1474 of this title, the Secretary shall—
consult, through the Secretary of State, with other countries affected by the marine casualty, and particularly with the flag country of any ship involved;
notify without delay the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and any other persons known to the Secretary, or of whom he later becomes aware, who have interests which can reasonably be expected to be affected by any proposed measures; and
consider any views submitted in response to the consultation or notification required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Intervention on the High Seas Act
Pub. L. 93–248 § 6 · [88 Stat. 8]
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1475
(Pub. L. 93–248, § 6, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–248, § 6, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. Before taking any measure under section 5 of this Act, the 33 USC 1475. Secretary shall— (1) consult, through the Secretary of State, with other countries Consultation. affected by the marine casualty, and particularly with the flag country of any ship involved; (2) notify without delay the Administrator of the Environmental Notification. Protection Agency and any other persons known to the Secretary, or of whom he later becomes aware, who have interests which can reasonably be expected to be affected by any proposed measures; and (3) consider any views submitted in response to the consultation or notification required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
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