Sec. 5004. VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE SYSTEM
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## SEC. 5004 VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE SYSTEM The Secretary of Transportation shall within one year after the date of the enactment of this title— ####
(1)acquire, install, and operate such additional equipment (which may consist of radar, closed circuit television, satellite tracking systems, or other shipboard dependent surveillance), train and locate such personnel, and issue such final regulations as are necessary to increase the range of the existing VTS system in the Port of Valdez, Alaska, sufficiently to track the locations and movements of tank vessels carrying oil from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline when such vessels are transiting Prince William Sound, Alaska, and to sound an audible alarm when such tankers depart from designated navigation routes; and ####
(2)submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the feasibility and desirability of instituting positive control of tank vessel movements in Prince William Sound by Coast Guard personnel using the Port of Valdez, Alaska, VTS system, as modified pursuant to paragraph (1). **[**[33 U.S.C. 2734](/us/usc/t33/s2734)**]**
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