§ 1232a. — Navigational hazards.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1232a]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 25--PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM
Sec. 1232a. Navigational hazards
(a) Reporting procedure
The Secretary shall establish a program to encourage fishermen and
other vessel operators to report potential or existing navigational
hazards involving pipelines to the Secretary through Coast Guard field
offices.
(b) Secretary's response
(1) Upon notification by the operator of a pipeline of a hazard to
navigation with respect to that pipeline, the Secretary shall
immediately notify Coast Guard headquarters, the Office of Pipeline
Safety, other affected Federal and State agencies, and vessel owners and
operators in the pipeline's vicinity.
(2) Upon notification by any other person of a hazard or potential
hazard to navigation with respect to a pipeline, the Secretary shall
promptly determine whether a hazard exists, and if so shall immediately
notify Coast Guard headquarters, the Office of Pipeline Safety, other
affected Federal and State agencies, vessel owners and operators in the
pipeline's vicinity, and the owner and operator of the pipeline.
(c) Establishment of standards
The Secretary shall, within six months after November 16, 1990,
establish standards, for the purposes of this section, for what
constitutes a hazard to navigation.
(d) ``Pipelines'' defined
For purposes of this section, the term ``pipelines'' has the meaning
given the term ``pipeline facilities'' in section 60101(a)(18) of title
49.
(Pub. L. 92-340, Sec. 14, as added Pub. L. 101-599, Sec. 2, Nov. 16,
1990, 104 Stat. 3040.)
Codification
In subsec. (d), ``section 60101(a)(18) of title 49'' substituted for
``the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 [49 App. U.S.C. 1671 et
seq.] and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 [49 App.
U.S.C. 2001 et seq.]'' on authority of Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 6(b), July
5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1378, the first section of which enacted subtitles
II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of
Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d),
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified,
set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
