Sec. 4115. ESTABLISHMENT OF DOUBLE HULL REQUIREMENT FOR TANK VESSELS
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## SEC. 4115 ESTABLISHMENT OF DOUBLE HULL REQUIREMENT FOR TANK VESSELS ###
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(b)Rulemaking The Secretary shall, within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, complete a rulemaking proceeding and issue a final rule to require that tank vessels over 5,000 gross tons affected by section 3703a of title 46, United States Code, as added by this section, comply until January 1, 2015, with structural and operational requirements that the Secretary determines will provide as substantial protection to the environment as is economically and technologically feasible. **[**[46 U.S.C. 3703a note](/us/usc/t46/s3703a)**]** * * * * * * * ###
(e)Secretarial Studies ####
(1)Other requirements Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall determine, based on recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences or other qualified organizations, whether other structural and operational tank vessel requirements will provide protection to the marine environment equal to or greater than that provided by double hulls, and shall report to the Congress that determination and recommendations for legislative action. ####
(2)Review and assessment The Secretary shall— #####
(A)periodically review recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences and other qualified organizations on methods for further increasing the environmental and operational safety of tank vessels; #####
(B)not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, assess the impact of this section on the safety of the marine environment and the economic viability and operational makeup of the maritime oil transportation industry; and #####
(C)report the results of the review and assessment to the Congress with recommendations for legislative or other action. ####
(3)No later than one year after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004, the Secretary shall, taking into account the recommendations contained in the report by the Marine Board of the National Research Council entitled “Environmental Performance of Tanker Design in Collision and Grounding” and dated 2001, establish and publish an environmental equivalency evaluation index (including the methodology to develop that index) to assess overall outflow performance due to collisions and groundings for double hull tank vessels and alternative designs. * * * * * * *
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Sec. 4115
ESTABLISHMENT OF DOUBLE HULL REQUIREMENT FOR TANK VESSELS
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