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PUBLIC LAW 92-340-JULY 10, 1972

(1) establish, operate, and maintain vessel traffic services and systems for ports, harbors, and other waters subject to congested vessel traffic; (2) require vessels which operate in an area of a vessel traffic service or system to utilize or comply with that service or system, including the carrying or installation of electronic or other devices necessary for the use of the service or system; (3) control vessel traffic in areas which he determines to be especially hazardous, or under conditions of reduced visibility, adverse weather, vessel congestion, or other hazardous circumstances by— (i) specifying times of entry, movement, or departure to, from, within, or through ports, harbors, or other waters; (ii) establishing vessel traffic routing schemes; (iii) establishing vessel size and speed limitations and vessel operating conditions; and (iv) restricting vessel operation, in a hazardous area or under hazardous conditions, to vessels which have particular operating characteristics and capabilities which he considers necessary for safe operation under the circumstances; (4) direct the anchoring, mooring, or movement of a vessel when necessary to prevent damage to or by that vessel or her cargo, stores, supplies, or fuel; (5) require pilots on self-propelled vessels engaged in the foreign trades in areas and under circumstances where a pilot is not otherwise required by State law to be on board until the State having jurisdiction of an area involved establishes a requirement for a pilot in that area or under the circumstances involved; (6) establish procedures, measures, and standards for the handling, loading, discharge, storage, stowage, and movement, including the emergency removal, control and disposition, oi explosives or other dangerous articles or substances (including the substances described in section 4417a(2)(A), (B), and (C) of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. 391a(2)(A), (B), and (C)) on structures subject to this title; (7) prescribe minimum safety equipment requirements for structures subject to this title to assure adequate protection from fire, explosion, natural disasters, and other serious accidents or casualties; (8) establish water or waterfront safety zones or other ineasures for limited, controlled, or conditional access and activity when necessary for the protection of any vessel, structure, waters, or shore area; and (9) establish procedures for examination to assure compliance with the minimum safety equipment requirements for structures. SEC. 102. (a) For the purpose of this Act, the term "United States" includes the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

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