Sec. 6. Prohibition of certain uses
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The following activities are prohibited and thus are unlawful for any person to conduct or to cause to be conducted within the Sanctuary: Harvesting the trees or other resources of the sanctuary. Any type of subsurface salvage or recovery operation. Lowering below the surface of the water any grappling, suction, conveyor, dredging, or wrecking device. Detonating below the surface of the water any explosive or explosive mechanism. Drilling or coring the seabed. Lowering, laying, positioning, or raising any type of seabed cable or cable-laying device. Discharging waste material into the water in violation of any Federal statute or regulation. The prohibitions contained in subsection
(a)shall not be construed as to: Restrict fishing, diving, anchoring, or any other recreational or commercial sea activities that do not cause an adverse effect to the resources or property of the Sanctuary or that do not pose harm to users of the Sanctuary. Apply to necessary operations of public vessels. For the purposes of this paragraph, necessary operations of public vessels shall include operations essential for national defense, law enforcement, and responses to emergencies that threaten life, property, or the environment. This subsection shall be effective upon enactment of this Act.