2011 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 39 - SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE (§§ 2601 - 2623)
Subchapter II - RELATED PROVISIONS (§§ 2621 - 2623)
Section 2621 - Study and recommendations
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 39 - SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE SUBCHAPTER II - RELATED PROVISIONS Sec. 2621 - Study and recommendations |
| Contains | section 2621 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-688, title IV, §4201, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4159. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 102 Stat. 4159 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 100-688 |
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The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study to determine the need for, and effectiveness of additional tracking systems for vessels to assure that municipal or commercial waste is not deposited in coastal waters. In conducting this study, the Administrator shall use the data collected from its permitting and enforcement activities under this chapter. In determining the effectiveness of tracking systems, the Administrator shall rely on the information provided by the Secretary under subsection (b) of this section. The report shall include a recommendation whether additional tracking systems are needed. This study shall be submitted to Congress within 24 months after November 18, 1988.
(b) RecommendationsThe Secretary shall provide recommendations to the Administrator concerning the various tracking systems that might be applicable to vessels transporting municipal or commercial waste which the Secretary currently is studying. The Secretary shall consider the relative effectiveness of various systems and the relative costs of the systems both to the United States Government and to the vessel owner.
(Pub. L. 100–688, title IV, §4201, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4159.)
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