33 U.S.C. § 1265 — In-place toxic pollutants

submitted 78 years ago by Pub. L. 92-500 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 71 words · no verdicts yet

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The Administrator must identify in-place pollutants, especially toxic pollutants, in harbors and navigable waterways. The Administrator may arrange their removal and proper disposal from critical port and harbor areas, using authorized funding.

The Administrator must identify where in-place pollutants are located, giving special attention to toxic pollutants in harbors and navigable waterways. Acting through the Secretary of the Army, the Administrator may make contracts to remove and properly dispose of those materials from critical port and harbor areas. Congress may appropriate $15,000,000 for this section, and the money remains available until spent.

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The Administrator is directed to identify the location of in-place pollutants with emphasis on toxic pollutants in harbors and navigable waterways and is authorized, acting through the Secretary of the Army, to make contracts for the removal and appropriate disposal of such materials from critical port and harbor areas. There is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section, which sum shall be available until expended.

Source credit: (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, § 115, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 833.)

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1948Enacted · Pub. L. 92-500 · 86 Stat. 833

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