Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 28 — Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention
§ 1476. Emergencies
Statutory text
In cases of extreme urgency requiring measures to be taken immediately, the Secretary may take those measures rendered necessary by the urgency of the situation without the prior consultation or notification as required by section 1475 of this title or without the continuation of consultations already begun.
Legislative history
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Intervention on the High Seas Act
Pub. L. 93–248 § 7 · [88 Stat. 8]
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1476
(Pub. L. 93–248, § 7, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–248, § 7, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. In cases of extreme urgency requiring measures to be taken 33 USC 1476. immediately, the Secretary may take those measures rendered necessary by the .urgency of the situation without the prior consultation or notification as required by section 6 of this Act or without the continuation of consultations already begun.
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