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[CITE: 16USC1220]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 25B--REEFS FOR MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION
 
Sec. 1220. State applications for obsolete ships for use as 
        offshore reefs
        

(a) Conservation of marine life

    Any State may apply to the Secretary of Transportation (hereafter 
referred to in this chapter as the ``Secretary'') for obsolete ships 
which, but for the operation of this chapter, would be designated by the 
Secretary for scrapping if the State intends to sink such ships for use 
as an offshore artificial reef for the conservation of marine life.

(b) Manner and form of applications; minimum requirements

    A State shall apply for obsolete ships under this chapter in such 
manner and form as the Secretary shall prescribe, but such application 
shall include at least (1) the location at which the State proposes to 
sink the ships, (2) a certificate from the Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency, that the proposed use of the particular vessel or 
vessels requested by the State will be compatible with water quality 
standards and other appropriate environmental protection requirements, 
and (3) statements and estimates with respect to the conservation goals 
which are sought to be achieved by use of the ships.

(c) Copies to Federal officers for official comments and views

    Before taking any action with respect to an application submitted 
under this chapter, the Secretary shall provide copies of the 
application to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Defense, 
and any other appropriate Federal officer, and shall consider comments 
and views of such officers with respect to the application.

(Pub. L. 92-402, Sec. 3, Aug. 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 618; Pub. L. 98-623, 
title II, Sec. 207(1), (2), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3397.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 98-623, Sec. 207, substituted 
``Secretary of Transportation'' for ``Secretary of Commerce'' and 
``obsolete ships'' for ``Liberty ships'', wherever appearing.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1220a, 1220d of this title.
