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§2405 Regulations

Title 16 › Chapter 44— ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION › § 2405

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must create rules to carry out Annex II and Annex V of the Protocol and the related parts of this law. The Director must also name as native species every bird (Aves), every mammal (Mammalia), and every plant. With the Administrator’s agreement, the Director must make rules to carry out Annex III and the related law parts. The Director must also make rules for Article 15 about land areas and Antarctic ice shelves and any other needed rules to implement the Protocol and this chapter. The Secretary of the department that runs the Coast Guard must make rules for Annex IV and, with the Director’s agreement, rules for Article 15 as it applies to vessels. The Director’s rules for the first two items had to be issued within 2 years after October 2, 1996, and the Article 15 land/ice rules within 3 years after October 2, 1996.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §2405

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(a)(1)The Director shall issue such regulations as are necessary and appropriate to implement Annex II and Annex V to the Protocol and the provisions of this chapter which implement those annexes, including section 2403(b)(2), (3), (4), and (5) of this title. The Director shall designate as native species—
(A)each species of the class Aves;
(B)each species of the class Mammalia; and
(C)each species of plant,
(2)The Director, with the concurrence of the Administrator, shall issue such regulations as are necessary and appropriate to implement Annex III to the Protocol and the provisions of this chapter which implement that Annex, including section 2403(a)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this title, and section 2403(b)(1) of this title.
(3)The Director shall issue such regulations as are necessary and appropriate to implement Article 15 of the Protocol with respect to land areas and ice shelves in Antarctica.
(4)The Director shall issue such additional regulations as are necessary and appropriate to implement the Protocol and this chapter, except as provided in subsection (b).
(b)The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue such regulations as are necessary and appropriate, in addition to regulations issued under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), to implement Annex IV to the Protocol and the provisions of this chapter which implement that Annex, and, with the concurrence of the Director, such regulations as are necessary and appropriate to implement Article 15 of the Protocol with respect to vessels.
(c)The regulations to be issued under subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall be issued within 2 years after October 2, 1996. The regulations to be issued under subsection (a)(3) of this section shall be issued within 3 years after October 2, 1996.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 96–478, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2297, which is classified principally to chapter 33 (§ 1901 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1901 of Title 33 and Tables.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–227 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text consisted of subsec. (a) “In General” which related to requirement that Director prescribe

Regulations

to implement this chapter and subsec. (b) “Specific

Regulations

” which related to required content of

Regulations

.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 2405

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60