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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 28— POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION · § 1473

§ 1473. Consultations and determinations respecting creation of hazards to human health, etc.; criteria for determinations respecting grave and imminent dangers of major harmful consequences to United States coastline or related interests

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(a)The Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce, shall determine when a substance other than those enumerated in the protocol is liable to create a hazard to human health, to harm living resources, to damage amenities, or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea.
(b)In determining whether there is grave and imminent danger of major harmful consequences to the coastline or related interests of the United States, the Secretary shall consider the interests of the United States directly threatened or affected including but not limited to, human health, fish, shellfish, and other living marine resources, wildlife, coastal zone and estuarine activities, and public and private shorelines and beaches.
(Pub. L. 93–248, § 4, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9; Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(3), June 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 344.)
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  • Pub. L. 93–248, § 4
  • 88 Stat. 9
  • Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(3)
  • 92 Stat. 344
  • Pub. L. 95–302
  • section 2 of Pub. L. 95–302
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§ 1473
Consultations and determinations respecting creation of hazards to human health, etc.; criteria for determinations respecting grave and imminent dangers of major harmful consequences to United States coastline or related interests
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–248, § 4
Stat.88 Stat. 9
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(3)
Stat.92 Stat. 344
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–302
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