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33 U.S.C. § 1474 — Federal intervention actions
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Upon a determination under [section 1472 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1472&num=0&edition=prelim) of a grave and imminent danger to the coastline or related interests of the United States, the Secretary may—
(1) coordinate and direct all public and private efforts directed at the removal or elimination of the threatened pollution damage;
(2) directly or indirectly undertake the whole or any part of any salvage or other action he could require or direct under subsection (1) of this section; and
(3) remove, and, if necessary, destroy the ship and cargo which is the source of the danger.
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Upon a determination under [section 1472 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1472&num=0&edition=prelim) of a grave and imminent danger to the coastline or related interests of the United States, the Secretary may—
(1) coordinate and direct all public and private efforts directed at the removal or elimination of the threatened pollution damage;
(2) directly or indirectly undertake the whole or any part of any salvage or other action he could require or direct under subsection (1) of this section; and
(3) remove, and, if necessary, destroy the ship and cargo which is the source of the danger.
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Whenever a ship collision, stranding, or other incident of navigation or other occurrence on board a ship or external to it resulting in material damage or imminent threat of material damage to the ship or her cargo creates, as determined by the Secretary, a grave and imminent danger to the coastline or related interests of the United States from pollution or threat of pollution of the sea by convention oil or of the sea or atmosphere by a substance other than convention oil which may reasonably be expected to result in major harmful consequences, the Secretary may, except as provided for in [section 1479 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1479&num=0&edition=prelim), without liability for any damage to the owners or operators of the ship, to her cargo or crew, to underwriters or other parties interested therein, take measures on the high seas, in accordance with the provisions of the convention, the protocol and this chapter, to prevent, mitigate, or eliminate that danger.
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Before taking any measure under [section 1474 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1474&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall—
(1) consult, through the Secretary of State, with other countries affected by the marine casualty, and particularly with the flag country of any ship involved;
(2) notify without delay the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and any other persons known to the Secretary, or of whom he later becomes aware, who have interests which can reasonably be expected to be affected by any proposed measures; and
(3) consider any views submitted in response to the consultation or notification required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
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The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund shall be available to the Secretary for actions taken under sections 1474 and 1476 of this title.
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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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