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[CITE: 46USC3709]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
          CHAPTER 37--CARRIAGE OF LIQUID BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES
 
Sec. 3709. Exemptions

    The Secretary may exempt a vessel from the minimum requirements 
established by sections 3704-3706 of this title for segregated ballast, 
crude oil washing, and dedicated clean ballast if the Secretary decides 
that shore-based reception facilities are a preferred method of handling 
ballast and that adequate facilities are readily available.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 524.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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3709..............................  46:391a(7)(N)
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    Section 3709 provides the Secretary with the authority to exempt 
certain minimum tanker requirements of sections 3704, 3705, and 3706 
when shorebased reception facilities are a better way of handling 
ballast and when the facilities are adequate and readily available.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1185 of Appendix to this 
title.
