Us Code § 51704 - Training for maritime oil pollution prevention, response, and clean-up
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§ 51704. Training for maritime oil pollution prevention, response, and clean-up
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(1) The vessel shall be offered to the institution at a location selected by the Secretary.
(2) The institution shall use the vessel to train students and appropriate maritime industry personnel in oil spill prevention, response, clean-up, and related skills.
(3) The institution shall make the vessel and qualified students available to appropriate Federal, State, and local oil spill response authorities when there is a maritime oil spill.
(4) The institution may not sell, trade, charter, donate, scrap, or in any way alter or dispose of the vessel without prior approval of the Secretary.
(5) The institution may not use the vessel in competition with a privately-owned vessel documented under chapter 121 of this title or titled under the law of a State, unless necessary to carry out this section.
(6) When the institution can no longer use the vessel for its training program, the institution shall return the vessel to the Secretary. The Secretary shall take possession at the institution and thereafter may provide the vessel to another institution under this section or dispose of the vessel.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1583.)
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 51704(a) | 46 App.:1295d(c)(1). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, §1305(c), as added Pub. L. 101–595, title VII, §712, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2998. |
| 51704(b) | 46 App.:1295d(c) (2)(A), (4). | |
| 51704(c) | 46 App.:1295d(c) (2)(B), (3). |
In subsection (c)(5), the words "or titled under the law of a State" are substituted for "documented under the laws of . . . any State" for consistency with the terminology in 46 U.S.C. 2101(46) (which is being moved to chapter 1 of the revised title) and 46 U.S.C. ch. 125.
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