Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/1725

 120 STAT. 1694

PUBLIC LAW 109–304—OCT. 6, 2006

‘‘§ 80501. Definitions ‘‘In this chapter: ‘‘(1) CONTAINER.—The term ‘container’ has the meaning given that term in the Convention. ‘‘(2) CONVENTION.—The term ‘Convention’ means the International Convention for Safe Containers, and its annexes, done at Geneva, Switzerland, December 2, 1972. ‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT.—The term ‘international transport’ means the transportation of a container between— ‘‘(A) a place in a foreign country and a place in the jurisdiction of the United States; or ‘‘(B) two places outside the United States by United States carriers. ‘‘(4) OWNER.—The term ‘owner’ includes the lessee or bailee of a container if a written lease or bailment provides for the lessee or bailee to exercise the owner’s responsibility for maintaining and examining the container. ‘‘(5) SAFETY APPROVAL PLATE.—The term ‘safety approval plate’ has the meaning given that term in annex I of the Convention. ‘‘§ 80502. Application of Convention ‘‘The Convention applies to an owner of a container used in international transport if the owner is domiciled or has its principal office in the United States. ‘‘§ 80503. General authority of the Secretary ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall carry out the Convention and this chapter in the United States. ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this chapter. The regulations shall— ‘‘(1) establish procedures for testing, inspecting, and initially approving containers and designs for containers, including procedures for attaching, invalidating, and removing safety approval plates for containers; ‘‘(2) establish procedures to be followed by the owners of containers for the periodic examination of containers as provided in the Convention; and ‘‘(3) provide a method for developing, collecting, and disseminating information about container safety and the international transport of containers. ‘‘(c) SAFETY APPROVAL PLATES.—If the owner of a container without a safety approval plate establishes that the container satisfies the standards of the Convention, the Secretary may authorize a safety approval plate to be attached to the container. ‘‘(d) SCHEDULE OF FEES.—The Secretary may prescribe a schedule of fees for services performed by the Secretary, or by a person delegated authority under section 80506 of this title, for the testing, inspection, and initial approval of containers and container designs. ‘‘(e) ENCOURAGING INTERMODAL TRANSPORT.—To the maximum extent possible, the Secretary shall encourage the development and use of intermodal transport, using containers built to facilitate economical, safe, and expeditious handling of containerized cargo without intermediate reloading when it is being transported over land, air, and sea areas.

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