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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 40 — Oil Pollution

§ 2737. Limitation

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other law, tank vessels that have spilled more than 1,000,000 gallons of oil into the marine environment after , are prohibited from operating on the navigable waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska.

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. Oil Pollution Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–380 title V § 5007 · 104 Stat. 484

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2737

    (Pub. L. 101–380, title V, § 5007, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 554.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 101–380, title V, § 5007, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 554.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 5007. LIMITATION. Notwithstanding any other law, tank vessels that have spilled more than 1,000,000 gallons of oil into the marine environment after March 22, 1989, are prohibited from operating on the navigable waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 101–380, title V, § 5007, , 104 Stat. 554.)

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USLM identifier /us/usc/t33/s2737