33 U.S.C. § 1411 — Prohibited acts
submitted 54 years ago by Pub. L. 92-532 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 201 words · no verdicts yet
Unless a permit and applicable regulations allow it, this section prohibits certain transportation or dumping of material into ocean waters. It covers transportation from the United States and specified conduct involving United States vessels, aircraft, agencies, and foreign-transported material.
(a) Unless a permit under section 1412 or 1413 allows it, and subject to section 1418 regulations: (1) no person may transport material from the United States for dumping into ocean waters; and (2) if the vessel or aircraft is United States-registered or flies the United States flag, or the actor is a United States department, agency, or instrumentality, no person may transport material from any location for that dumping purpose.
(b) Unless a section 1412 permit allows it, and subject to section 1418 regulations, no person may dump material transported from outside the United States into the United States territorial sea, or into a zone next to that sea extending 12 nautical miles seaward from the baseline used to measure the territorial sea, to the extent the dumping may affect the territorial sea or United States territory.
Except as may be authorized by a permit issued pursuant to section 1412 or section 1413 of this title, and subject to regulations issued pursuant to section 1418 of this title,
no person shall transport from the United States, and
in the case of a vessel or aircraft registered in the United States or flying the United States flag or in the case of a United States department, agency, or instrumentality, no person shall transport from any location
any material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters.
Except as may be authorized by a permit issued pursuant to section 1412 of this title, and subject to regulations issued pursuant to section 1418 of this title, no person shall dump any material transported from a location outside the United States (1) into the territorial sea of the United States, or (2) into a zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, extending to a line twelve nautical miles seaward from the base line from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, to the extent that it may affect the territorial sea or the territory of the United States.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–532, title I, § 101, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1053; Pub. L. 93–254, § 1(3), Mar. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 51.)
- 1972Enacted · Pub. L. 92-532 · 86 Stat. 1053
- 1974Amended · Pub. L. 93-254 · 88 Stat. 51
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 92-532 on 1972-10-23.
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