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o i l y mixtures from b i l g e s.

Oil record books.

65 Stat. 290.

Penalty.

PUBLIC LAW 89-551-SEPT. 1, 1966

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"(c) the discharge of residue arising from the purification or clarification of fuel oil or lubricating oil: Provided, That such discharge is made as far from land as practicable." (5) Section 5 (33 U.S.C. 1004) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. Section 3 shall not apply to the discharge from the bilges of a ship of an oily mixture containing no oil other than lubricating oil which has drained or leaked from machinery spaces." (6) Section 9 (33 U.S.C. 1008) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 9. (a) The Secretary shall have printed separate oil record books, containing instructions and spaces for inserting information in the form prescribed by the Convention, which shall be published in regulations prescribed by the Secretary. " (b) If subject to this Act, every ship using oil fuel and every tanker shall be provided, without charge, an oil record book which shall be carried on board. The provisions of section 140 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply. The ownership of the booklet shall remain in the United States Government. This book shall be available for inspection as provided in this Act and for surrender to the United States Government pursuant to regulations of the Secreta^. " (c) The oil record book shall be completed on each occasion, whenever any of the following operations takes place in the ship: "(1) ballasting of and discharge of ballast from cargo tanks of tankers; " (2) cleaning of cargo tanks of tankers; "(3) settling in slop tanks and discharge of water from tankers; "(4) disposal from tankers of oily residues from slop tanks or other sources; " (5) ballasting, or cleaning during voyage, of bunker fuel tanks of ships other than tankers; "(6) disposal from ships other than tankers of oily residues from bunker fuel tanks or other sources; "(7) accidental or other exceptional discharges or escapes of oil from tankers or ships other than tankers. " I n the event of such discharge or escape of oil or oily mixture, as is referred to in subsection 3(c) and section 4 of this Act, a statement shall be made in the oil record book of the circumstances of, and reason for, the discharge or escape. " (d) Each operation described in subsection 9(c) of the Act shall be fully recorded without delay in the oil record book so that all the entries in the book appropriate to that operation are completed. Each page of the book shall be signed by the officer or officers in charge of the operations concerned and, when the ship is manned, by the master of the ship. "(e) Oil record books shall be kept in such manner and for such length of time as set forth in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary. " (f) If any person fails to comply with the requirements imposed by or under this section, he shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 nor less than $500 and if any person makes an entry in any records kept in accordance with this Act or regulations prescribed thereunder by the Secretary which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material particular, he shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 nor less than $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both."

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