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16 U.S.C. § 1220 — State applications for obsolete ships for use as offshore reefs

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16 U.S.C. § 1220 — State applications for obsolete ships for use as offshore reefs

**(a) Conservation of marine life** Any State may apply to the Secretary of Transportation (hereafter referred to in this chapter as the “Secretary”) for obsolete ships which, but for the operation of this chapter, would be designated by the Secretary for scrapping if the State intends to sink such ships for use as an offshore artificial reef for the conservation of marine life. **(b) Manner and form of applications; minimum requirements** A State shall apply for obsolete ships under this chapter in such manner and form as the Secretary shall prescribe, but such application shall include at least (1) the location at which the State proposes to sink the ships, (2) a certificate from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, that the proposed use of the particular vessel or vessels requested by the State will be compatible with water quality standards and other appropriate environmental protection requirements, and (3) statements and estimates with respect to the conservation goals which are sought to be achieved by use of the ships. **(c) Copies to Federal officers for official comments and views** Before taking any action with respect to an application submitted under this chapter, the Secretary shall provide copies of the application to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Defense, and any other appropriate Federal officer, and shall consider comments and views of such officers with respect to the application. **(d) United States territory, possession, or Commonwealth; foreign country** Any territory, possession, or Commonwealth of the United States, and any foreign country, may apply to the Secretary for an obsolete vessel to be used for an artificial reef under this section. The application process and reefing of any such obsolete vessel shall

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54 U.S.C. § 308704 — Funding

**(a) Availability of Funds From Sale and Scrapping of Obsolete Vessels.—** (1) **In general.—** — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of funds credited in a fiscal year to the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund established by [section 50301(a) of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section50301/a&num=0&edition=prelim) that is attributable to the sale of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that are scrapped or sold under section 57102, 57103, or 57104 of title 46 shall be available until expended as follows: (A) Fifty percent shall be available to the Administrator of the Maritime Administration for such acquisition, maintenance, repair, reconditioning, or improvement of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet as is authorized under other Federal law. (B) Twenty five percent shall be available to the Administrator of the Maritime Administration for the payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred by or on behalf of State maritime academies or the United States Merchant Marine Academy for facility and training ship maintenance, repair, and modernization, and for the purchase of simulators and fuel. (C) The remainder shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the Program, as provided in subsection (b). (2) **Applicability.—** — Paragraph (1) does not apply to amounts credited to the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund before July 1, 1994. **(b) Use of Amounts for Program.—** (1) **Allocation.—** (A) *In general.—* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B) and paragraph (2), of the amounts available each fiscal year for the Program under subsection (a)(1)(C)— (i) 50 percent shall be used for grants under section 308703(b); and (ii) 50 percent shall be used for

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10 U.S.C. § 8676b — Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register: transfer by gift or otherwise for use as artificial reefs

**(a) Authority To Make Transfer.—** The Secretary of the Navy may transfer, by gift or otherwise, any vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register to any State, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States, or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof, for use as provided in subsection (b). **(b) Vessel To Be Used as Artificial Reef.—** An agreement for the transfer of a vessel under subsection (a) shall require that— (1) the recipient use, site, construct, monitor, and manage the vessel only as an artificial reef in accordance with the requirements of the National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 ([33 U.S.C. 2101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), except that the recipient may use the artificial reef to enhance diving opportunities if that use does not have an adverse effect on fishery resources (as that term is defined in section 3(14) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ([16 U.S.C. 1802(14)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1802/14&num=0&edition=prelim))); and (2) the recipient obtain, and bear all responsibility for complying with, applicable Federal, State, interstate, and local permits for using, siting, constructing, monitoring, and managing the vessel as an artificial reef. **(c) Preparation of Vessel for Use as Artificial Reef.—** The Secretary shall ensure that the preparation of a vessel transferred under subsection (a) for use as an artificial reef is conducted in accordance with— (1) the environmental best management practices developed pursuant to section 3504(b) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; [16 U.S.C. 1220](https://u

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16 U.S.C. § 1220 — State applications for obsolete ships for

Page 1649 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 1220 Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior and substitution of Depart- ment of Commerce for Department of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 1201 of this title. CHAPTER 25A—CROWN OF THORNS STARFISH Sec. 1211. Congressional statement of purpose. 1212. Investigation and control of crown of thorns starfish. 1213. Authorization of appropriations. § 1211. Congressional statement of purpose For the purpose of conserving and protecting coral reef resources of the tropical islands of in- terest and concern to the United States in the Pacific and safeguarding critical island areas from possible erosion and to safeguard future recreational and esthetic uses of Pacific coral reefs, the Secretary of Commerce and the Sec- retary of the Smithsonian Institution are au- thorized to cooperate with and provide assist- ance to the governments of the State of Hawaii, the territories and possessions of the United States, including Guam and American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and other island possessions of the United States, in the study and control of the seastar ‘‘Crown of Thorns’’ (Acanthaster planci). (Pub. L. 91–427, § 1, Sept. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 884; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.) Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Secretary of Commerce’’ substituted in text for ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ in view of: creation of Na- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in De- partment of Commerce and Office of Administrator of such Administration; abolition of Bureau of Commer- cial Fisheries in Department of the Interior and Off

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