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 92 STAT. 344

PUBLIC LAW 95-302—JUNE 26, 1978

Public Law 95-302 95th Congress An Act June 26, 1978 [S. 2380]

To amend the Intervention on the High Seas Act to implement the protocol relating to intervention on the high seas in cases of marine pollution by substances other than oil, 1973.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of ths Intervention on United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Interventhe High Seas tion on the High Seas Act (88 Stat. 8, Public Law 93-248) is amended Act, amendment. as follows: 33 USC 1471 (1) Section 2 is amended to read as follows: note. "SEC. 2. As used in this Act— 33 USC 1471. "(1) 'a substance other than convention oil' means those oils, Definitions. noxious substances, liquefied gases, and radioactive substances— " (A) enumerated in the protocol, or "(B) otherwise determined to be hazardous under section 4:(a); "(2) 'convention' means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, including annexes thereto; "(3) 'convention oil' means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and lubricating oil; " (4) 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; " (5) 'ship' means— "(A) a seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and "(B) any noating craft, except an installation or device engaged in the exploration and exploitation of the resources of the seabed and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof; "(6) 'protocol' means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other Than Oil, 1973, including annexes thereto; and "(7) 'United States' means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mananas, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.". 33 USC 1472. (2) Section 3 is amended by— (A) striking the word "oil" and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "convention oil or of the sea or atmosphere by a substance other than convention oil"; and (B) striking the word "Convention" and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "convention, the protocol". 33 USC 1473. (3) Section 4 is amended by— (A) inserting the words "human health," between the words "limited to," and "fish" and designating the existing section as subsection (b); (B) adding a new subsection (a) as follows: "(a) The Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce, shall determine when a substance other than those enumerated

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