2014 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 40 - Oil Pollution (Sections 2701 - 2762)
Subchapter II - Prince William Sound Provisions (Sections 2731 - 2738)
Sec. 2734 - Vessel traffic service system
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 40 - OIL POLLUTION SUBCHAPTER II - PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND PROVISIONS Sec. 2734 - Vessel traffic service system |
Contains | section 2734 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-380, title V, §5004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 553; Pub. L. 107-295, title IV, §408(b)(2), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2117. |
Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 553 116 Stat. 2117 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 101-380, Public Law 107-295 |
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The Secretary of Transportation shall within one year after August 18, 1990—
(1) acquire, install, and operate such additional equipment (which may consist of radar, closed circuit television, satellite tracking systems, or other shipboard dependent surveillance), train and locate such personnel, and issue such final regulations as are necessary to increase the range of the existing VTS system in the Port of Valdez, Alaska, sufficiently to track the locations and movements of tank vessels carrying oil from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline when such vessels are transiting Prince William Sound, Alaska, and to sound an audible alarm when such tankers depart from designated navigation routes; and
(2) submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the feasibility and desirability of instituting positive control of tank vessel movements in Prince William Sound by Coast Guard personnel using the Port of Valdez, Alaska, VTS system, as modified pursuant to paragraph (1).
(Pub. L. 101–380, title V, §5004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 553; Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, §408(b)(2), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2117.)
AMENDMENTS2002—Par. (2). Pub. L. 107–295 substituted "Transportation and Infrastructure" for "Merchant Marine and Fisheries".
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSFor transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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