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 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D 114 STAT. 2763A-209 (c) RELOCATION OF STATION SCITUATE.— The Coast Guard may— (1) lease land, including unimproved or vacant land, for a term not to exceed 20 years, for the purpose of relocating Coast Guard Station Scituate; and (2) improve the land leased under this subsection. SEC. 1117. EXTENSION OF INTERIM AUTHORITY FOR DRY BULK CARGO RESIDUE DISPOSAL, (a) Section 415(b)(2) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 is amended by striking "2002" and inserting "2004". (b) The Secretary shall conduct a study of the effectiveness of the United States 1997 Enforcement Policy for Cargo Residues on the Great Lakes ("Policy") by September 30, 2002. (c) The Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce a program to regulate incidental discharges from vessels of residues of non-hazardous and non-toxic dry bulk cargo into the waters of the Great Lakes, which takes into account the finding in the study required under subsection (b). This program shall be consistent with the Policy. SEC. 1118. GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Section 9307 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(2) to read as follows: "(A) The President of each of the 3 Great Lakes pilotage districts, or the President's representative;"; (2) by amending subparagraph (E) of subsection (b)(2) to read as follows: "(E) a member with a background in finance or accounting, who— "(i) must have been recommended to the Secretary by a unanimous vote of the other members of the Committee, and "(ii) may be appointed without regard to requirement in paragraph (1) that each member have 5 years of practical experience in maritime operations."; (3) in subsection (C)(2) by striking the second sentence; (4) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following new paragraph: "(3) Any recommendations to the Secretary under subsection (a)(2) must have been approved by at least all but one of the members then serving on the committee."; and (5) in subsection (f)(1) by striking "September 30, 2003" and inserting "September 30, 2005". SEC. 1119. VESSEL ESCORT OPERATIONS AND TOWING ASSIST- ANCE, (a) IN GENERAL. —Except in the case of a vessel in distress, only a vessel of the United States (as that term is defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) may perform the following vessel escort operations and vessel towing assistance within the navigable waters of the United States: (1) Operations or assistance that commences or terminates at a port or place in the United States. (2) Operations or assistance required by United States law or regulation. (3) Operations provided in whole or in part for the purpose of escorting or assisting a vessel within or through navigation facilities owned, maintained, or operated by the United States Government or the approaches to such facilities, other than

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