Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, with respect to a vessel, the Secretary shall administer and enforce the Convention and this chapter.
Except with respect to section 3841(b) and (c) of this title, the Administrator shall administer and enforce subchapter III.
The Administrator and the Secretary may each prescribe and enforce regulations as may be necessary to carry out their respective responsibilities under this chapter.
33 U.S.C. § 3803
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), was in the original "this title", meaning title X of Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 3023, which enacted this chapter and repealed chapter 37 (§2401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of title X to the Code, see Tables.
- Administrator
- The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Convention
- The term "Convention" means the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001, including its annexes, and including any amendments to the Convention or annexes which have entered into force for the United States.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.