Sec. 308. Offshore navigation
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Section 70003(e) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (3), by striking continues; and and inserting continues; ; in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: shall, unless otherwise authorized by the Secretary, and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, require— a 2-nautical-mile buffer between the parallel outer or seaward boundary of a traffic lane and any offshore structure affixed to the submerged land of the Outer Continental Shelf; and a 5-nautical-mile buffer between the entry or exit of any traffic separation scheme and any offshore structure. .
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall implement the recommendations of the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study, docket number USCG–2011–0351, dated February 24, 2016, including any recommendations in the appendices thereto. Not later than July 1, 2021, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall conduct a review of navigation on the East Coast of the United States and submit recommendations for new fairways on such coast to facilitate commerce to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall complete— the Chuckchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea Port Access Route Study not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act; and the Alaskan Arctic Coast Port Access Route Study not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.