2010 US Code
Title 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine
Part D - Promotional Programs
CHAPTER 556 - SHORT SEA TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 55604 - Research on short sea transportation
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle V - Merchant Marine Part D - Promotional Programs CHAPTER 556 - SHORT SEA TRANSPORTATION Sec. 55604 - Research on short sea transportation |
| Contains | section 55604 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 110-140, title XI, §1121(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1761. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 121 Stat. 1761 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 110-140 |
§55604. Research on short sea transportation
The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may conduct research on short sea transportation, regarding—
(1) the environmental and transportation benefits to be derived from short sea transportation alternatives for other forms of transportation;
(2) technology, vessel design, and other improvements that would reduce emissions, increase fuel economy, and lower costs of short sea transportation and increase the efficiency of intermodal transfers; and
(3) solutions to impediments to short sea transportation projects designated under section 55601.
(Added Pub. L. 110–140, title XI, §1121(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1761.)
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