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33 U.S.C. § 1443 — Monitoring and research program
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The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating and with the Administrator shall, within six months of October 23, 1972, initiate a comprehensive and continuing program of monitoring and research regarding the effects of the dumping of material into ocean waters or other coastal waters where the tide ebbs and flows or into the Great Lakes or their connecting waters.
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The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating and with the Administrator shall, within six months of October 23, 1972, initiate a comprehensive and continuing program of monitoring and research regarding the effects of the dumping of material into ocean waters or other coastal waters where the tide ebbs and flows or into the Great Lakes or their connecting waters.
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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**(a) Report by Secretary of Commerce** In March of each year, the Secretary of Commerce shall report to the Congress on his activities under this subchapter during the previous fiscal year. The report shall include—
(1) the Secretary’s findings made under [section 1441 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1441&num=0&edition=prelim), including an evaluation of the short-term ecological effects and the social and economic factors involved with the dumping;
(2) the results of activities undertaken pursuant to [section 1442 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1442&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) with the concurrence of the Administrator and after consulting with officials of other appropriate Federal agencies, an identification of the short- and long-term research requirements associated with activities under subchapter I, and a description of how Federal research under this subchapter and subchapter I will meet those requirements; and
(4) activities of the Department of Commerce under [section 665 of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section665&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Report by Administrator** In March of each year, the Administrator shall report to the Congress on his activities during the previous fiscal year under [section 1443 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1443&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Report by Under Secretary** On October 31 of each year, the Under Secretary shall report to the Congress the specific programs that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency carried out pursuant to this subchapter in
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**(a) Secretary of Commerce**
(1) The Secretary of Commerce, in close consultation with other appropriate Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities shall, within six months of October 23, 1972, initiate a comprehensive and continuing program of research with respect to the possible long-range effects of pollution, overfishing, and man-induced changes of ocean ecosystems. These responsibilities shall include the scientific assessment of damages to the natural resources from spills of petroleum or petroleum products. In carrying out such research, the Secretary of Commerce shall take into account such factors as existing and proposed international policies affecting oceanic problems, economic considerations involved in both the protection and the use of the oceans, possible alternatives to existing programs, and ways in which the health of the oceans may best be preserved for the benefit of succeeding generations of mankind.
(2) The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that the program under this section complements, when appropriate, the activities undertaken by other Federal agencies pursuant to subchapter I and [section 1443 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1443&num=0&edition=prelim). That program shall include but not be limited to—
(A) the development and assessment of scientific techniques to define and quantify the degradation of the marine environment;
(B) the assessment of the capacity of the marine environment to receive materials without degradation;
(C) continuing monitoring programs to assess the health of the marine environment, including but not limited to the monitoring of bottom oxygen concentrations, contaminant levels in biota, sediments, and the water column, diseases in fish
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 1443
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–381 inserted provision in-
cluding within the responsibilities of the Secretary the
scientific assessment of damages to natural resources
from spills of petroleum or petroleum products.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–470 inserted provision requir-
ing the Secretary to include in his annual report the
report on activities of the Department of Commerce
under section 665 of title 16.
1975—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–62 substituted ‘‘March’’
for ‘‘January’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
§ 1443.
Research
program
respecting
ocean
dumping and other methods of waste dis-
posal
(a) Cooperation with public authorities, agen-
cies, and institutions, private agencies and
institutions, and individuals
The Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency shall—
(1) conduct research, investigations, experi-
ments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and
studies for the purpose of—
(A) determining means of minimizing or
ending, as soon as possible after October 6,
1980, the dumping into ocean waters, or wa-
ters described in section 1411(b) of this title,
of material which may unreasonably degrade
or endanger human health, welfare, or amen-
ities, or the marine environment,
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