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[CITE: 33USC2711]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                        CHAPTER 40--OIL POLLUTION
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 2711. Consultation on removal actions

    The President shall consult with the affected trustees designated 
under section 2706 of this title on the appropriate removal action to be 
taken in connection with any discharge of oil. For the purposes of the 
National Contingency Plan, removal with respect to any discharge shall 
be considered completed when so determined by the President in 
consultation with the Governor or Governors of the affected States. 
However, this determination shall not preclude additional removal 
actions under applicable State law.

(Pub. L. 101-380, title I, Sec. 1011, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.)

                         Delegation of Functions

    Functions of President under this section delegated to Administrator 
of Environmental Protection Agency for inland zone and to Secretary of 
Department in which Coast Guard is operating for coastal zone by section 
3 of Ex. Ord. No. 12777, Oct. 18, 1991, 56 F.R. 54757, set out as a note 
under section 1321 of this title.
