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33 U.S.C. § 1475 — Consultation procedure
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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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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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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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In cases of extreme urgency requiring measures to be taken immediately, the Secretary may take those measures rendered necessary by the urgency of the situation without the prior consultation or notification as required by [section 1475 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1475&num=0&edition=prelim) or without the continuation of consultations already begun.
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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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