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Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§1482 Consultation for Nomination and Nomination of Experts, Negotiators, Etc.; Proposal of Amendments to List of Substances Other Than Convention Oil; Presidential Acceptance of Amendments

Title 33 › CHAPTER 28 — POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION › § 1482

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, after talking with the Secretary of State and the EPA Administrator, can put forward people for the experts list under article III of the convention and article II of the protocol. The Secretary can also propose changes to the list of substances other than convention oil under article III of the protocol. The Secretary of State, after consulting the Secretary, must name or nominate negotiators, conciliators, or arbitrators the convention or protocol calls for. The President may accept amendments to the substances-other-than-convention-oil list under article III of the protocol.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §1482

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(a)Nomination of experts and proposal of amendments to list of substances
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may nominate individuals to the list of experts provided for in article III of the convention and article II of the protocol and may propose amendments to the list of substances other than convention oil in accordance with article III of the protocol.
(b)Consultations for designation or nomination of negotiators, etc., provided for by convention and protocol
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, shall designate or nominate, as appropriate and necessary, the negotiators, conciliators, or arbitrators provided for by the convention and the protocol.
(c)Presidential acceptance of amendments to list of substances other than convention oil in accordance with protocol
The President may accept amendments to the list of substances other than convention oil in accordance with article III of the protocol.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(A), inserted provisions relating to applicability of article II of the protocol and provisions for proposal of

Amendments

to the list of substances other than convention oil. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(B), substituted “protocol” for “annexes thereto”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(C), added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentFor

Effective Date

of amendment by Pub. L. 95–302, see section 2 of Pub. L. 95–302, set out as a note under section 1487 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 1482

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110