§ 1444. — Annual reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1444]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 27--OCEAN DUMPING
SUBCHAPTER II--RESEARCH
Sec. 1444. Annual reports
(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, 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;
(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 of this chapter, and a
description of how Federal research under this subchapter and
subchapter I of this chapter will meet those requirements; and
(4) activities of the Department of Commerce under section 665
of title 16.
(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.
(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 the previous fiscal year, specifically
listing the amount of funds allocated to those specific programs in the
previous fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 92-532, title II, Sec. 204, formerly Sec. 205, as added Pub. L.
96-572, Sec. 5, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3345; renumbered Sec. 204 and
amended Pub. L. 99-272, title VI, Sec. 6065, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat.
132; Pub. L. 100-627, title I, Sec. 102, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3213.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 204 of Pub. L. 92-532, which was classified to this
section, was renumbered section 205 and is classified to section 1445 of
this title.
Amendments
1988--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-627 added subsec. (c).
1986--Pub. L. 99-272 amended section generally. Prior to amendment,
section read as follows: ``The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency is authorized to conduct a study to assist the city of
New York in evaluating the technological options available for the
removal of heavy metals and other toxic organic materials from the
sewage sludge of the city of New York. The study shall also examine
options available to reduce the amount of such pollutants entering the
sewage system. The study is to be completed by July 1, 1981.''
