Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 40 — Oil Pollution
§ 2762. Submerged oil program
Statutory text
Program
Establishment
The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in conjunction with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall establish a program to detect, monitor, and evaluate the environmental effects of submerged oil in the Delaware River and Bay region. The program shall include the following elements:
The development of methods to remove, disperse, or otherwise diminish the persistence of submerged oil.
The development of improved models and capacities for predicting the environmental fate, transport, and effects of submerged oil.
The development of techniques to detect and monitor submerged oil.
Report
Not later than 3 years after , the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the activities carried out under this subsection and activities proposed to be carried out under this subsection.
Demonstration project
Removal of submerged oil
The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in conjunction with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of developing and demonstrating technologies and management practices to remove submerged oil from the Delaware River and other navigable waters.
Funding
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commandant of the Coast Guard $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this subsection.
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.
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–380 title VII § 7002 · 104 Stat. 484
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2762
(Pub. L. 101–380, title VII, § 7002, as added Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 605(a)(2), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 555.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–380, title VII, § 7002, as added Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 605(a)(2), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 555.)
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Credits
(Pub. L. 101–380, title VII, § 7002, as added Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 605(a)(2), , 120 Stat. 555.)