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33 U.S.C. § 2734 — Vessel traffic service system

submitted 36 years ago by Pub. L. 101-380 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 167 words · no verdicts yet

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Within one year after August 18, 1990, the Secretary of Transportation must expand Valdez’s vessel-traffic system to track oil tankers in Prince William Sound and sound an alarm for route departures. The Secretary must also report on whether Coast Guard personnel should positively control tanker movements.

Within one year after August 18, 1990, the Secretary of Transportation must: (1) acquire, install, and operate needed equipment, which may include radar, closed-circuit television, satellite tracking, or other shipboard-dependent surveillance; train and place needed personnel; and issue final regulations to extend the Port of Valdez, Alaska, VTS system enough to track oil tankers carrying Trans-Alaska Pipeline oil while transiting Prince William Sound and sound an audible alarm when they leave designated routes; and (2) report to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the feasibility and desirability of Coast Guard personnel positively controlling tanker movements in Prince William Sound through the modified VTS.

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The Secretary of Transportation shall within one year after August 18, 1990—

(1)

acquire, install, and operate such additional equipment (which may consist of radar, closed circuit television, satellite tracking systems, or other shipboard dependent surveillance), train and locate such personnel, and issue such final regulations as are necessary to increase the range of the existing VTS system in the Port of Valdez, Alaska, sufficiently to track the locations and movements of tank vessels carrying oil from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline when such vessels are transiting Prince William Sound, Alaska, and to sound an audible alarm when such tankers depart from designated navigation routes; and

(2)

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 feasibility and desirability of instituting positive control of tank vessel movements in Prince William Sound by Coast Guard personnel using the Port of Valdez, Alaska, VTS system, as modified pursuant to paragraph (1).

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–380, title V, § 5004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 553; Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, § 408(b)(2), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2117.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-380 · 104 Stat. 553
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-295 · 116 Stat. 2117

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-380 on 1990-08-18.

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