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PUBLIC LAW 100-329—JUNE 7, 1988
102 STAT. 589
(2) Not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish in the Federal Register an initial inventory of launch barges developed and maintained in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection. (3) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a current inventory of launch barges developed, maintained, and updated in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection. SEC. 2. Section 4370(a) of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 316(a)) is amended by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", or to tow any vessel transporting valueless material or any dredged material, regardless of whether it has commercial value, from a point or place in the United States or a point or place on the high seas within the Exclusive Economic Zone as defined in the Presidential Proclamation of March 10, 1983, to another point or place in the United States or a point or place on the high seas within that Exclusive Economic Zone.". SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this Act, a vessel may transport municipal sewage sludge if that vessel, regardless of where it was built, is documented under the laws of the United States and, on the date of enactment of this Act, that vessel— (1) is in use by a municipality for the transportation of sewage sludge; or (2) is under contract with a municipality for the transportation of sewage sludge. SEC. 4. For purposes of the first paragraph of section 805(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1223(a)), a vessel described in section 3(2) of this Act is not a vessel engaged in domestic intercoastal or coastwise service, but the prohibitions in the second paragraph apply to that vessel. SEC. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a certificate of documentation under section 12106 of title 46, United States Code, to a vessel that— (1) is engaged in transporting only valueless material in the coastwise trade or transporting dredged material, whether or not of value, (A) from a point or place on the high seas within the Exclusive Economic Zone as defined in the Presidential Proclamation of March 10, 1983, to a point or place in the United States or to another point or place on the high seas within such Exclusive Economic Zone or (B) from a point or place within the United States to a point or place on the high seas within such Exclusive Economic Zone; (2) had a certificate of documentation issued under section 12105 of that title on October 1, 1987; (3) had been sold foreign or placed under a foreign registry before that certificate was issued; and (4) was built in the United States; except that such certificate of documentation shall be endorsed to restrict the use of such vessel to the transportation of valueless material in the coastwise trade, and to the transportation of dredged material, whether or not of value, (i) from a point or place on the
Federal Register, publication. Federal Register, publication.
Waste disposal.
Waste disposal. 46 USC app. 883 note.
Contracts. 46 USC app. 883 note.
Waste disposal. 46 USC app. 883 note.
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