§ 1472. — Grave and imminent danger from oil pollution casualties to coastline or related interests of United States; Federal nonliability for Federal preventive measures on the high seas.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1472]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 28--POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES
INTERVENTION
Sec. 1472. Grave and imminent danger from oil pollution
casualties to coastline or related interests of United States;
Federal nonliability for Federal preventive measures on the high
seas
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, 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.
(Pub. L. 93-248, Sec. 3, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8; Pub. L. 95-302,
Sec. 1(2), June 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 344.)
Amendments
1978--Pub. L. 95-302 substituted ``convention oil or of the sea or
atmosphere by a substance other than convention oil'' for ``oil'', and
``convention, the protocol'' for ``Convention''.
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1474, 1479 of this title.
