§ 1411. — Prohibited acts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1411]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 27--OCEAN DUMPING
SUBCHAPTER I--REGULATION
Sec. 1411. Prohibited acts
(a) Except as may be authorized by a permit issued pursuant to
section 1412 or section 1413 of this title, and subject to regulations
issued pursuant to section 1418 of this title,
(1) no person shall transport from the United States, and
(2) in the case of a vessel or aircraft registered in the United
States or flying the United States flag or in the case of a United
States department, agency, or instrumentality, no person shall
transport from any location
any material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters.
(b) Except as may be authorized by a permit issued pursuant to
section 1412 of this title, and subject to regulations issued pursuant
to section 1418 of this title, no person shall dump any material
transported from a location outside the United States (1) into the
territorial sea of the United States, or (2) into a zone contiguous to
the territorial sea of the United States, extending to a line twelve
nautical miles seaward from the base line from which the breadth of the
territorial sea is measured, to the extent that it may affect the
territorial sea or the territory of the United States.
(Pub. L. 92-532, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1053; Pub.
L. 93-254, Sec. 1(3), Mar. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 51.)
Amendments
1974--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-254 incorporated existing provisions
in introductory text, substituting reference to permits issued under
section 1412 or section 1413 of this title for prior reference to such
issuance under this subchapter; incorporated existing provisions in item
designated (1); added item (2); and substituted prohibition against
transportation of any material for ocean dumping for former prohibition
against such dumping of any radiological, chemical, or biological
warfare agent or any high-level radioactive waste, or any other
material.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-254 substituted reference to permits issued
under section 1412 of this title for former reference to such issuance
under this subchapter, made any ocean dumping subject to regulations
issued under section 1418 of this title, and substituted prohibition
against dumping of any material for former prohibition against dumping
of any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare agent or any high-
level radioactive waste, or any other material.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-254 struck out subsec. (c) which prohibited
any officer, employee, agent, department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States from transporting from any location outside the United
States any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare agent or any
high-level radioactive waste, or, except as may be authorized in a
permit, any other material for purpose of dumping in ocean waters. See
subsec. (b) of this section.
Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93-254 effective Mar. 22, 1974, see section 2
of Pub. L. 93-254, set out in part as a note under section 1401 of this
title.
Effective Date
Section 110(a) of title I of Pub. L. 92-532 provided that: ``This
title [this subchapter] shall take effect six months after the date of
the enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 1972].''
Savings Provision
Section 110(b) of title I of Pub. L. 92-532 provided that: ``No
legal action begun, or right of action accrued, prior to the effective
date of this title [this subchapter] shall be affected by any provision
of this title [this subchapter].''
Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone of United States
For extension of territorial sea and contiguous zone of United
States, see Proc. No. 5928 and Proc. No. 7219, respectively, set out as
notes under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1412, 1412a, 1443 of this
title.
