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 110 STAT. 3946 PUBLIC LAW 104-324—OCT. 19, 1996 and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are authorized to award grants, enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate officials of other Federal agencies and agencies of States and political subdivisions of States and with public and private entities, and provide other financial assistance to eligible recipients. "(C) CONSULTATION.— In developing outreach initiatives for groups that are subject to the requirements of this title and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall consult with— "(i) the heads of State agencies responsible for implementing State boating laws; and "(ii) the heads of other enforcement agencies that regulate boaters or commercial fishermen.". TITLE IX—TOWING VESSEL SAFETY Regulations. SEC. 901. REDUCTION OF OIL SPILLS FROM NON-SELF-PROPELLED TANK VESSELS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 37 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ^§ 3719. Reduction of oil spills from single hull non-self-propelled tank vessels "The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Towing Safety Advisory Committee and taking into consideration the characteristics, methods of operation, and the size and nature of service of single hull non-self-propelled tank vessels and towing vessels, prescribe regulations requiring a single hull non-self-propelled tank vessel that operates in the open oceein or coastal waters, or the vessel towing it, to have at least one of the following: "(1) A crew member and an operable anchor on board the tank vessel that together are capable of arresting the tank vessel without additional assistance under reasonably foreseeable sea conditions. "(2) An emergency system on the tank vessel or towing vessel that without additional assistance under reasonably foreseeable sea conditions will allow the tank vessel to be retrieved by the towing vessel if the tow line ruptures. "(3) Any other measure or combination of measures that the Secretary determines will provide protection against grounding of the tank vessel comparable to that provided by the measures described in paragraph (1) or (2).". 46 USC 3719 (b) DEADLINE. —The Secretary of the department in which the note. Coast Guard is operating shall issue regulations required under section 3719 of title 46, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), by not later than October 1, 1997.

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