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33 U.S.C. § 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.
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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.
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This chapter shall be effective upon February 5, 1974, or upon the date the convention becomes effective as to the United States, whichever is later.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 1473
§ 1473. Consultations and determinations re-
specting creation of hazards to human
health, etc.; criteria for determinations re-
specting grave and imminent dangers of
major harmful consequences to United States
coastline or related interests
(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 re-
sources, 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 threat-
ened or affected including but not limited to,
human health, fish, shellfish, and other living
marine resources, wildlife, coastal zone and es-
tuarine activities, and public and private shore-
lines 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.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1978—Pub. L. 95–302 added subsec. (a), designated ex-
isting provisions as subsec. (b), and inserted ‘‘human
health,’’ before ‘‘fish’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 95–302,
see section 2 of Pub. L. 95–302, set out as a note under
section 1487 of this title.
§ 1474. Federal intervention actions
Upon a determination under section 1472 of
this title of a grave and imminent danger to the
coastline or related interests of the United
States, the Secr
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