46-U.S.C.-3709
§3709 – Exemptions
Pathway
Title 46 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 37 > Section 3709
Details
- Reference: Section 3709
- Legend: §3709 – Exemptions
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The Secretary may exempt a vessel from the minimum requirements established by sections 3704–3706 of this title for segregated ballast, crude oil washing, and dedicated clean ballast if the Secretary decides that shore-based reception facilities are a preferred method of handling ballast and that adequate facilities are readily available.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 524.)
Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
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3709 | 46:391a(7)(N) |
Section 3709 provides the Secretary with the authority to exempt certain minimum tanker requirements of sections 3704, 3705, and 3706 when shorebased reception facilities are a better way of handling ballast and when the facilities are adequate and readily available.
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