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§70013 Requirement to notify Coast Guard of release of objects into the navigable waters of the United States
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle VII— - Security and Drug Enforcement › Chapter CHAPTER 700— - PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY › § 70013
Summary
Tell the Secretary and Secretary of the Army if something released from a vessel or facility blocks U.S. navigable waters under section 10 (33 U.S.C. 403); the report is protected except for perjury or false statements.
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Title 46, §70013
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(a)As soon as a person has knowledge of any release from a vessel or facility into the navigable waters of the United States of any object that creates an obstruction prohibited under section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899, popularly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403), such person shall notify the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army of such release.
(b)Any notification provided by an individual in accordance with subsection (a) may not be used against such individual in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjury or for giving a false statement.
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section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899, popularly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899, referred to in subsec. (a), means section 10 of act Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, 30 Stat. 1151, known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, which is classified to section 403 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.
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46 U.S.C. § 70013
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Apr 6, 2026
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