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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 2131 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the statutory authorities of the Coast Guard to strengthen Coast Guard prevention and response capabilities... · Sec. 209

Sec. 209. Prompt publication of oil spill information

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In any response to an oil spill in which the Coast Guard serves as the Federal on-scene coordinator leading a unified command, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall publish, on a publicly accessible website, all written incident action plans prepared and approved as a part of the response to the oil spill. The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall— publish each incident action plan under subsection
(a)promptly after the incident action plan is approved for implementation by the unified command, but not later than 12 hours after the beginning of the operational period for which the plan is prepared; and ensure that each incident action plan under subsection
(a)remains publicly accessible on the website under subsection
(a)for the duration of the response to the applicable oil spill. The Commandant may redact information from an incident action plans published under subsection
(a)to the extent necessary to comply with applicable privacy laws and other laws regarding the protection of personal information.
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