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 104 STAT. 3092 PUBLIC LAW 101-605—NOV. 16, 1990 aries of the Sanctuary as necessary to properly protect Sanctuary resources. The Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives a written notification of such modifications. Any boundary modification made under this subsection shall be reflected on the charts referred to in subsection (b)(1). 16 USC 1433 note. Regulations. Effective date. Intergovernmental relations. Regulations. 16 USC 1438 note. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN USES SEC. 6. (a) VESSEL TRAFFIC. —(1) Consistent with generally recognized principles of international law, a person may not operate a tank vessel (as that term is defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) or a vessel greater than 50 meters in length in the Area To Be Avoided described in the Federal Register notice of May 9, 1990 (55 Fed. Reg. 19418-19419). (2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to necessary operations of public vessels. For the purposes of this paragraph, necessary operations of public vessels shall include operations essential for national defense, law enforcement, and responses to emergencies that threaten life, property, or the environment. (3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), including the area in which vessel operations are prohibited under paragraph (1), may be modified by regulations issued jointly by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating and the Secretary of Commerce. (4) This subsection shall be effective on the earliest of the following: (A) the date that is six months after the date of enactment of this Act, (B) the date of publication of a notice to mariners consistent with this section, or (C) the date of publication of new nautical charts consistent with this section. (b) MINERAL AND HYDROCARBON LEASING, EXPLORATION, DEVELOP- MENT, AND PRODUCTION.— No leasing, exploration, development, or production of minerals or hydrocarbons shall be permitted within the Sanctuary. COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN SEC. 7. (a) PREPARATION OF PLAN. —The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local government authorities and with the Advisory Council established under section 208, shall develop a comprehensive management plan and implementing regulations to achieve the policy and purpose of this Act. The Secretary of Commerce shall complete such comprehensive management plan and final regulations for the Sanctuary not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act. In developing the plan and regulations, the Secretary of Commerce shall follow the procedures specified in sections 303 and 304 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1433 and 1434), except those procedures requiring the delineation of Sanctuary boundaries and development of a resource assessment report. Such comprehensive management plan shall— (1) facilitate all public and private uses of the Sanctuary consistent with the primary objective of Sanctuary resource protection;

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