§ 1509. Marine environmental protection and navigational safety

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.

1. 1975

   Deepwater Port Act of 1974

   Pub. L. 93–627 § 10 · 88 Stat. 2127

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1509

   Pub. L. 93–627, § 10, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2137

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–627, § 10, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2137

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 10. marine environmental protection and navigational safety (a) Subject to recognized principles of international law, 33 USC 1509. the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation and enforce procedures with respect to any deepwater port, including, but not limited to, rules governing vessel movement, loading and unloading procedures, designation and marking of anchorage areas, maintenance, law enforcement, and the equipment, training, and maintenance required (A) to prevent pollution of the marine environment, (B) to clean up any pollutants which may be discharged, and (C) to otherwise prevent or minimize any adverse impact from the construction and operation of such deepwater port. (b) The Secretary shall issue and enforce regulations with respect Regulations. to lights and other warning devices, safety equipment, and other mat-ters relating to the promotion of safety of life and property in any deepwater port and the waters adjacent thereto. (c) The Secretary shall mark, for the protection of navigation, any Marking of components. component of a deepwater port whenever the licensee fails to mark such component in accordance with applicable regulations. The licensee shall pay the cost of such marking. (d) (1) Subject to recognized principles of international law and Safety zones. after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary shall designate a zone of appropriate size around and including any deepwater port for the purpose of navigational safety. In such zone, no installations, structures, or uses will be permitted that are incompatible with the operation of the deepwater port. The Secretary shall by regulation define permitted activities within such zone. The Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after publication of notice pursuant to section 5(c) of this Act, designate such safety zone with respect to any proposed deepwater port. (2) In addition to any other regulations, the Secretary is authorized, in accordance with this subsection, to establish a safety zone to be effective during the period of construction of a deepwater port and to issue rules and regulations relating thereto.

2. 1996

   Deepwater Port Modernization Act

   Pub. L. 104–324 § 507(a) · 110 Stat. 3901

   1. Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 1509(a)

      Pub. L. 104–324, § 507(a), inserted “and the provision of adequate opportunities for public involvement” after “international law”

   2. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 1509(a)

      Pub. L. 104–324, § 507(a), substituted “shall prescribe and enforce procedures, either by regulation (for basic standards and conditions) or by the licensee’s operations manual, with respect to” for “shall prescribe by regulation and enforce procedures with respect to any deepwater port, including, but not limited to,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–324, § 507(a), inserted “and the provision of adequate opportunities for public involvement” after “international law” and substituted “shall prescribe and enforce procedures, either by regulation (for basic standards and conditions) or by the licensee’s operations manual, with respect to” for “shall prescribe by regulation and enforce procedures with respect to any deepwater port, including, but not limited to,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) As Common Carrier.— Section 8(a) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1507(a)) is amended by inserting after “subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code,” the following: “and shall accept, transport, or convey without discrimination all oil delivered to the deepwater port with respect to which its license is issued,”.

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