Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 33


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 29 - Notes
    Sec.                                                     
    1501.       Congressional declaration of policy.                  
    1502.       Definitions.                                          
    1503.       License for ownership, construction, and operation of
                 deepwater port.                                      
                  (a)  Requirement.                                   
                  (b)  Issuance, transfer, amendment, or
                        reinstatement.                                
                  (c)  Conditions for issuance.                       
                  (d)  Application for license subject to examination
                        and comparison of economic, social, and
                        environmental effects of deepwater port
                        facility and deep draft channel and harbor;
                        finality of determination.                    
                  (e)  Additional conditions; removal requirements,
                        waiver; Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
                        applicable to utilization of components upon
                        waiver of removal requirements.               
                  (f)  Amendments, transfers, and reinstatements.     
                  (g)  Eligible citizens.                             
                  (h)  Term of license.                               
    1504.       Procedure.                                            
                  (a)  Regulations; issuance, amendment, or
                        rescission; scope.                            
                  (b)  Additional regulations; criteria for site
                        evaluation and preconstruction testing.       
                  (c)  Plans; submittal to Secretary of
                        Transportation; publication in Federal
                        Register; application contents; exemption.    
                  (d)  Application area; publication in Federal
                        Register; "application area" defined;
                        submission of other applications; notice of
                        intent and submission of completed
                        applications; denial of pending application
                        prior to consideration of other untimely
                        applications.                                 
                  (e)  Recommendations to Secretary of Transportation;
                        application for all Federal authorizations;
                        copies of application to Federal agencies and
                        departments with jurisdiction; recommendation
                        of approval or disapproval and of manner of
                        amendment to comply with laws or regulations. 
                  (f)  NEPA compliance.                               
                  (g)  Public notice and hearings; evidentiary hearing
                        in District of Columbia; decision of Secretary
                        based on evidentiary record; consolidation of
                        hearings.                                     
                  (h)  Nonrefundable application fee; processing
                        costs; State fees; "land-based facilities
                        directly related to a deepwater port facility"
                        defined; fair market rental value, advance
                        payment.                                      
                  (i)  Application approval; period for determination;
                        priorities; criteria for determination of
                        application best serving national interest.   
    1505.       Environmental review criteria.                        
                  (a)  Establishment; evaluation of proposed deepwater
                        ports.                                        
                  (b)  Review and revision.                           
                  (c)  Concurrent development of criteria and
                        regulations.                                  
    1506.       Repealed.                                             
    1507.       Common carrier status.                                
                  (a)  Status of deepwater ports and storage
                        facilities.                                   
                  (b)  Discrimination prohibition; exceptions.        
                  (c)  Enforcement, suspension, or termination
                        proceedings.                                  
                  (d)  Managed access.                                
                  (e)  Jurisdiction.                                  
    1508.       Adjacent coastal States.                              
                  (a)  Designation; direct pipeline connections;
                        mileage; risk of damage to coastal
                        environment, time for designation.            
                  (b)  Applications; submittal to Governors for
                        approval or disapproval; consistency of
                        Federal licenses and State programs; views of
                        other interested States.                      
                  (c)  Reasonable progress toward development of
                        coastal zone management program; planning
                        grants.                                       
                  (d)  State agreements or compacts.                  
    1509.       Marine environmental protection and navigational
                 safety.                                              
                  (a)  Regulations and procedures.                    
                  (b)  Safety of property and life; regulations.      
                  (c)  Marking of components; payment of cost.        
                  (d)  Safety zones; designation; construction period;
                        permitted activities.                         
    1510.       International agreements.                             
    1511.       Suspension or termination of licenses.                
                  (a)  Proceedings by Attorney General; venue;
                        conditions subsequent.                        
                  (b)  Public health or safety; danger to environment;
                        completion of proceedings.                    
    1512.       Recordkeeping and inspection.                         
                  (a)  Regulations; regulations under other provisions
                        unaffected.                                   
                  (b)  Access to deepwater ports in enforcement
                        proceedings and execution of official duties;
                        inspections and tests; notification of
                        results.                                      
    1513.       Public access to information.                         
                  (a)  Inspection of copies; reproduction costs;
                        protected information.                        
                  (b)  Information disclosure prohibition;
                        confidentiality of certain disclosures.       
    1514.       Remedies.                                             
                  (a)  Criminal penalties.                            
                  (b)  Orders of compliance; Attorney General's civil
                        action; jurisdiction and venue.               
                  (c)  Attorney General's action for equitable relief;
                        scope of relief.                              
                  (d)  Vessels; liability in rem; exempt vessels;
                        consent or privy of owners or bareboat
                        charterers.                                   
    1515.       Citizen civil action.                                 
                  (a)  Equitable relief; case or controversy; district
                        court jurisdiction.                           
                  (b)  Notice; intervention of right by person.       
                  (c)  Intervention of right by Secretary or Attorney
                        General.                                      
                  (d)  Costs of litigation; attorney and witness fees.
                  (e)  Statutory or common law rights unaffected.     
    1516.       Judicial review; persons aggrieved; jurisdiction of
                 courts of appeal.                                    
    1517, 1517a. Repealed or Omitted.                                 
    1518.       Relationship to other laws.                           
                  (a)  Federal Constitution, laws, and treaties
                        applicable; other Federal requirements
                        applicable; status of deepwater port; Federal
                        or State authorities and responsibilities
                        within territorial seas unaffected;
                        notification by Secretary of State of intent
                        to exercise jurisdiction; objections by
                        foreign governments.                          
                  (b)  Law of nearest adjacent coastal State as
                        applicable Federal law; Federal administration
                        and enforcement of such law; nearest adjacent
                        coastal State defined.                        
                  (c)  Vessels of United States and foreign states
                        subject to Federal jurisdiction; objections to
                        jurisdiction; designation of agent for service
                        of process; duty of licensee.                 
                  (d)  Customs laws inapplicable to deepwater port;
                        duties and taxes on foreign articles imported
                        into customs territory of United States.      
                  (e)  Federal district courts; original jurisdiction;
                        venue.                                        
    1519.       Repealed.                                             
    1520.       Pipeline safety and operation.                        
                  (a)  Standards and regulations for Outer Continental
                        Shelf.                                        
                  (b), (c) Omitted.                                   
    1521.       Negotiations with Canada and Mexico; report to
                 Congress.                                            
    1522.       Limitations on export provisions of section 185(u) of
                 title 30 unaffected.                                 
    1523.       General procedures; issuance and enforcement of
                 orders; scope of authority; evidentiary matters.     
    1524.       Authorization of appropriations.                      
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                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in sections 1321, 2701 of this title;
    title 26 section 9509; title 42 section 9611; title 46 section
    3703a.
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