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§ 476. —  Restrictions on tanker traffic in Puget Sound and adjacent waters.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC476]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
     CHAPTER 10--ANCHORAGE GROUNDS AND HARBOR REGULATIONS GENERALLY
 
Sec. 476. Restrictions on tanker traffic in Puget Sound and 
        adjacent waters
        
    (a) The Congress finds that--
        (1) the navigable waters of Puget Sound in the State of 
    Washington, and the natural resources therein, are a fragile and 
    important national asset;
        (2) Puget Sound and the shore area immediately adjacent thereto 
    is threatened by increased domestic and international traffic of 
    tankers carrying crude oil in bulk which increases the possibility 
    of vessel collisions and oil spills; and
        (3) it is necessary to restrict such tanker traffic in Puget 
    Sound in order to protect the navigable waters thereof, the natural 
    resources therein, and the shore area immediately adjacent thereto, 
    from environmental harm.

    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after October 
18, 1977, no officer, employee, or other official of the Federal 
Government shall, or shall have authority to, issue, renew, grant, or 
otherwise approve any permit, license, or other authority for 
constructing, renovating, modifying, or otherwise altering a terminal, 
dock, or other facility in, on, or immediately adjacent to, or affecting 
the navigable waters of Puget Sound, or any other navigable waters in 
the State of Washington east of Port Angeles, which will or may result 
in any increase in the volume of crude oil capable of being handled at 
any such facility (measured as of October 18, 1977), other than oil to 
be refined for consumption in the State of Washington.

(Pub. L. 95-136, Sec. 5, Oct. 18, 1977, 91 Stat. 1168.)



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