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Title 46 — Shipping

Part B · Chapter 37 — Carriage of Liquid Bulk Dangerous Cargoes

§ 3712. Notification of noncompliance

Statutory text

The Secretary shall notify the owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel found not to be in compliance with a regulation prescribed under this part and state how compliance may be achieved.

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. Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500

    Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 3712

    (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 525.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 525.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code)
371246:391a(8)(A)46:391a(8)(B)

Section 3712 requires the Secretary to notify appropriate parties when a vessel is found not to be in compliance with applicable requirements, standards, or regulations and what remedial steps must be taken in order to comply with them.

Credits

(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 525.)

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