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Summary

The Secretary can give money to any State that receives an obsolete ship under this law, if money is available. The money can be used to get the ship ready to be an artificial reef, including cleaning up pollution, towing the ship, and sinking it. The Secretary must decide how much money to give by looking at three things: the total money available for this program, the benefit of helping that particular ship, and whether giving money and transferring the ship is more cost effective than other ways to dispose of it. A State asking for money must give cost figures and any other information the Secretary needs. The Secretary can also require conditions to protect the environment and U.S. interests. The Secretary cannot give this money to a foreign country.

Title 16, §1220c–1

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(a)The Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriations, may provide, to any State to which an obsolete ship is transferred under this chapter, financial assistance to prepare the ship for use as an artificial reef, including for—

(1)environmental remediation;

(2)towing; and

(3)sinking.

(b)The Secretary shall determine the amount of assistance under this section with respect to an obsolete ship based on—

(1)the total amount available for providing assistance under this section;

(2)the benefit achieved by providing assistance for that ship; and

(3)the cost effectiveness of disposing of the ship by transfer under this chapter and provision of assistance under this section, compared to other disposal options for that ship.

(c)The Secretary—

(1)shall require a State seeking assistance under this section to provide cost data and other information determined by the Secretary to be necessary to justify and document the assistance; and

(2)may require a State receiving such assistance to comply with terms and conditions necessary to protect the environment and the interests of the United States.

(d)The Secretary may not provide assistance under this section to a foreign country to which an obsolete ship is transferred under this chapter.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7 of Pub. L. 92–402 was renumbered section 8 and is classified to section 1220d of this title.

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–84 added subsec. (d).

§1220c–1 Financial Assistance to State to Prepare Transferred Ship

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Title 16, §1220c–1

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