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PUBLIC LAW 92-340-JULY 10, 1972

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"(C) the term 'towing vessel' means a commercial vessel engaged in or intended to engage in the service of towing which is twenty-six feet or more in length, measured from end to end over the deck, excluding sheer; " (D) the term 'uninspected' means not required by law to have a valid certificate of inspection issued by the Secretary. " (2) An uninspected towing vessel in order to assure safe navigation shall, while underway, be under the actual direction and control of a person licensed by the Secretary to operate in the particular geographic area and by type of vessel under regulations prescribed by him. A person so licensed may not work a vessel while underway or perform other duties in excess of a total of twelve hours in any consecutive twenty-four-hour period except in case of emergency. "(3) Paragraph 2 of this subsection shall not apply to towing vessels of less than two hundred gross tons engaged in a service or ipreparing or intending to immediately engage m a service to the offshore oil and mineral exploitation industry, mcluding construction for such industry, where the vessels involved would nave as their ultimate destination or last point of departure offshore oil and mineral exploitation sites or equipment." to S>n*irenr°'* ^^^' ^* '^^^ Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study concerning the need for engineers on uninspected towing vessels and shall submit to the Congress a report on this study, together with any legislative recommendations not later than ten months after the enactment of this legislation. Effective SEC. 3. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall dates become effective on January 1, 1972, or on the first day of the sixth month which begins after the month in which regulations are first issued under section 4427(b)(2) of the Revised Statutes (as added by the first section of this Act), whichever date is later. Approved July 7, 1972.

Public Law 92-340 July 10, 1972 [H. R. 8140]

-^^ -^^'^ To promote the safety of ixn-ts, harbors, waterfront areas, and navigable waters of the Unitefl States. Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives of the Ports and Water- United Sttttes of AmeHca in Congress assemmed, That this Act may be 7f'97^//"*y ^'* f-ited as the "Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972". TITLE I—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ''• ,,,.;,

SEC. 101. In order to prevent damage to, or the destruction or loss of any vessel, bridge, or other structure on or in the navigable waters of the United States, or any land structure or shore area immediately adjacent to those waters; and to protect the navigable waters and the resources therein from environmental harm resulting from vessel or structure damage, destruction, or loss, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may—,.

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