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[CITE: 33USC2621]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
     CHAPTER 39--SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--RELATED PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2621. Study and recommendations


(a) Study

    The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Transportation, shall conduct a study to determine the need for, and 
effectiveness of additional tracking systems for vessels to assure that 
municipal or commercial waste is not deposited in coastal waters. In 
conducting this study, the Administrator shall use the data collected 
from its permitting and enforcement activities under this chapter. In 
determining the effectiveness of tracking systems, the Administrator 
shall rely on the information provided by the Secretary under subsection 
(b) of this section. The report shall include a recommendation whether 
additional tracking systems are needed. This study shall be submitted to 
Congress within 24 months after November 18, 1988.

(b) Recommendations

    The Secretary shall provide recommendations to the Administrator 
concerning the various tracking systems that might be applicable to 
vessels transporting municipal or commercial waste which the Secretary 
currently is studying. The Secretary shall consider the relative 
effectiveness of various systems and the relative costs of the systems 
both to the United States Government and to the vessel owner.

(Pub. L. 100-688, title IV, Sec. 4201, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4159.)
