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[CITE: 33USC1477]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER 28--POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES 
                              INTERVENTION
 
Sec. 1477. Reasonable measures; considerations

    (a) Measures directed or conducted under this chapter shall be 
proportionate to the damage, actual or threatened, to the coastline or 
related interests of the United States and may not go beyond what is 
reasonably necessary to prevent, mitigate, or eliminate that damage.
    (b) In considering whether measures are proportionate to the damage 
the Secretary shall, among other things, consider--
        (1) the extent and probability of imminent damage if those 
    measures are not taken;
        (2) the likelihood of effectiveness of those measures; and
        (3) the extent of the damage which may be caused by those 
    measures.

(Pub. L. 93-248, Sec. 8, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)
