33 U.S.C. § 1482
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may nominate individuals to the list of experts provided for in article III of the convention and article II of the protocol and may propose amendments to the list of substances other than convention oil in accordance with article III of the protocol.
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, shall designate or nominate, as appropriate and necessary, the negotiators, conciliators, or arbitrators provided for by the convention and the protocol.
The President may accept amendments to the list of substances other than convention oil in accordance with article III of the protocol.
33 U.S.C. § 1482
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1978-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-302, §1(5)(A), inserted provisions relating to applicability of article II of the protocol and provisions for proposal of amendments to the list of substances other than convention oil. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-302, §1(5)(B), substituted "protocol" for "annexes thereto".Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-302, §1(5)(C), added subsec. (c).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 95-302 see section 2 of Pub. L. 95-302 set out as a note under section 1487 of this title.
- Secretary
- "Secretary" means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating;
- convention oil
- "convention oil" means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and lubricating oil;
- convention
- "convention" means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, including annexes thereto;
- protocol
- "protocol" means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other Than Oil, 1973, including annexes thereto; and