Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§2621 Study and recommendations

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - RELATED PROVISIONS › § 2621

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation must study whether new vessel tracking systems are needed and whether they work to stop ships from dumping municipal or commercial waste in coastal waters. The Administrator must use permit and enforcement data and the Secretary’s information, make a recommendation, and send the report to Congress within 24 months after November 18, 1988. The Secretary must recommend which tracking systems to consider and compare how well they work and the costs to the United States Government and to vessel owners.

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Title 33, §2621

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(a)The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study to determine the need for, and effectiveness of additional tracking systems for vessels to assure that municipal or commercial waste is not deposited in coastal waters. In conducting this study, the Administrator shall use the data collected from its permitting and enforcement activities under this chapter. In determining the effectiveness of tracking systems, the Administrator shall rely on the information provided by the Secretary under subsection (b) of this section. The report shall include a recommendation whether additional tracking systems are needed. This study shall be submitted to Congress within 24 months after November 18, 1988.

(b)The Secretary shall provide recommendations to the Administrator concerning the various tracking systems that might be applicable to vessels transporting municipal or commercial waste which the Secretary currently is studying. The Secretary shall consider the relative effectiveness of various systems and the relative costs of the systems both to the United States Government and to the vessel owner.

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33 U.S.C. § 2621

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73