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[CITE: 46USC3719]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
          CHAPTER 37--CARRIAGE OF LIQUID BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES
 
Sec. 3719. Reduction of oil spills from single hull non-self-
        propelled tank vessels
        
    The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Towing Safety Advisory 
Committee and taking into consideration the characteristics, methods of 
operation, and the size and nature of service of single hull non-self-
propelled tank vessels and towing vessels, prescribe regulations 
requiring a single hull non-self-propelled tank vessel that operates in 
the open ocean or coastal waters, or the vessel towing it, to have at 
least one of the following:
        (1) A crew member and an operable anchor on board the tank 
    vessel that together are capable of arresting the tank vessel 
    without additional assistance under reasonably foreseeable sea 
    conditions.
        (2) An emergency system on the tank vessel or towing vessel that 
    without additional assistance under reasonably foreseeable sea 
    conditions will allow the tank vessel to be retrieved by the towing 
    vessel if the tow line ruptures.
        (3) Any other measure or combination of measures that the 
    Secretary determines will provide protection against grounding of 
    the tank vessel comparable to that provided by the measures 
    described in paragraph (1) or (2).

(Added Pub. L. 104-324, title IX, Sec. 901(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3946.)


                               Regulations

    Section 901(b) of Pub. L. 104-324 provided that: ``The Secretary of 
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue 
regulations required under section 3719 of title 46, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), by not later than October 1, 1997.''
