46 U.S.C. § 3709

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 3709 - Exemptions

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

Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 524.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
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.