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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act · Sec. 214

Sec. 214. MEASURES FOR PUERTO RICO AND UNITED STATES INSULAR POSSESSIONS

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## SEC. 214 MEASURES FOR PUERTO RICO AND UNITED STATES INSULAR POSSESSIONS ###
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(c)**[**[19 U.S.C. 2704 note](/us/usc/t19/s2704)**]** If the sum of the amounts of taxes covered into the treasuries of Puerto Rico or the United States Virgin Islands pursuant to section 7652(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is reduced below the amount that would have been covered over if the imported rum had been produced in Puerto Rico or the United States Virgin Islands, then the President shall consider compensation measures and, in this regard, may withdraw the duty-free treatment on rum provided by this title. The President shall submit a report to the Congress on the measures he takes. ###
(d)Section 1112 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2582) is repealed. ###
(e)No action pursuant to this title may affect any tariff duty imposed by the Legislature of Puerto Rico pursuant to section 319 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1319) on coffee imported into Puerto Rico. ###
(f)For purposes of chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the term “**industry**” shall include producers located in the United States insular possessions. ###
(g)Any discharge from a point source in the United States Virgin Islands in existence on the date of the enactment of this subsection which discharge is attributable to the manufacture of rum (as defined in paragraphs
(3)of section 7652(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) shall not be subject to the requirements of section 301 (other than toxic discharges), section 306 or section 403 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if— ####
(1)such discharge occurs at least one thousand five hundred feet into the territorial sea from the line of ordinary low water from that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the sea, and ####
(2)the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands determines that such discharge will not interfere with the attainment or maintenance of that water quality which shall assure protection of public water supplies, and the protection and propagation of a balanced population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife, and allow recreational activities, in and on the water and will not result in the discharge of pollutants in quantities which may reasonably be anticipated to pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment because of bioaccumulation, persistency in the environment, acute toxicity, chronic toxicity (including carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, or teratogenicity), or synergistic propensities.
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