16 U.S.C. § 4713 — Armed services ballast water programs
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 101-646 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 104 words · no verdicts yet
This section concerns ballast-water programs for the armed services. The supplied text contains the controlling provisions for those programs.
(a) Department of Defense vessels under operational conditions, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary, the Task Force, and the International Maritime Organization, must implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the Department of Defense to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of ballast water.
(b) Coast Guard vessels under operational conditions, the Secretary, in consultation with the Task Force and the International Maritime Organization, must implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the Coast Guard to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of ballast water.
Subject to operational conditions, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary, the Task Force, and the International Maritime Organization, shall implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the Department of Defense to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of ballast water.
Subject to operational conditions, the Secretary, in consultation with the Task Force and the International Maritime Organization, shall implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the Coast Guard to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of ballast water.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–646, title I, § 1103, as added Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(d), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4083.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 101-646 · 110 Stat. 4083
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