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.
46 U.S.C. § 3709
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES | |
Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
3709 | 46:391a(7)(N) |