any permit is so granted the conditions thereof shall be strictly complied with, and any violation thereof shall be unlawful. 33 § 407a. Deposit of debris of mines and stamp works In places where harbor-lines have not been established, and where deposits of debris of mines or stamp works can be made without injury to navigation, within lines to be established by the Secretary of the Army, said officer may, and is authorized to, cause such lines to be established; and within such lines such deposits may be made, under regulations to be from time to time prescribed by him. 33 § 409. Obstruction of navigable waters by vessels; floating timber; marking and removal of sunken vessels It shall not be lawful to tie up or anchor vessels or other craft in navigable channels in such a manner as to prevent or obstruct the passage of other vessels or craft; or to voluntarily or carelessly sink, or permit or cause to be sunk, vessels or other craft in navigable channels; or to float loose timber and logs, or to float what is known as "sack rafts of timber and logs" in streams or channels actually navigated by steamboats in such manner as to obstruct, impede, or endanger navigation. And whenever a vessel, raft, or other craft is wrecked and sunk in a navigable channel, accidentally or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft to immediately mark it with a buoy or beacon during the day and a lighted lantern at night, and to maintain such marks until the sunken craft is removed or abandoned, and the neglect or failure of the said owner so to do shall be unlawful; and it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft to commence the immediate removal of the same, and prosecute such removal diligently, and failure to do so shall be considered as an abandonment of such craft, and subject the same to removal by the United States as provided for in sections 411 to 416, 418, and 502 of this title. Sec. Chapter 10.-ANCHORAGE GROUNDS AND HARBOR 471. 472. 474. 475. Establishment by Secretary of Transportation of anchorage grounds and Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard. 33 § 471. Establishment by Secretary of Transportation of anchorage grounds and regulations generally The Secretary of Transportation is authorized, empowered, and directed to define and establish anchorage grounds for vessels in all harbors, rivers, bays, and other navigable waters of the United States whenever it is manifest to the said Secretary that the maritime or commercial interests of the United States require such anchorage grounds for safe navigation and the establishment of such anchorage grounds shall have been recommended by the Chief of Engineers, and to adopt suitable rules and regulations in relation thereto; and such rules and regulations shall be enforced by the Coast Guard under the direction of the Secretary of Transportation: Provided, That at ports or places where there is no Coast Guard vessel available such rules and regulations may be enforced by the Chief of Engineers under the direction of the Secretary of Transportation. In the event of the violation of any such rules and regulations by the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel, such owner, master, or person in charge of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of $100; and the said vessel may be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be and in the name of the officer designated by the Secretary of Transportation. 33 472. Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide, establish, and maintain, out of the annual appropriations for the Coast Guard buoys or other suitable marks for marking anchorage grounds for vessels in waters of the United States, when such anchorage grounds have been defined and established by proper authority in accordance with the laws of the United States. 33474. Anchorage and general regulations for Saint Marys River The Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized and directed to adopt and prescribe suitable rules and regulations governing the movements and anchorage of vessels and rafts in Saint Marys River from Point Iroquois, on Lake Superior, to Point Detour, on Lake Huron, and for the purpose of enforcing the observance of such regulations the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to detail one or more Coast Guard cutters for duty upon the request of the Commandant of the Coast Guard on said river. All officers of the Coast Guard who are directed to enforce the regulations prescribed by the above rules are empowered and directed, in case of necessity, or when a proper notice has been disregarded, to use the force at their command to remove from channels or stop any vessel found violating the prescribed rules. In the event of the violation of any such regulations or rules of the Commandant of the Coast Guard by the owners, master, or person in charge of such vessel, such owners, master, or person in charge shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $200: Provided That the Commandant of the Coast Guard may remit said fine on such terms as he may prescribe: Provided also, That nothing in this section shall be construed to amend or repeal chapter 4 of this title regulating navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal. 33 475. Regulations for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii For the proper control, protection and defense of the naval station, harbor, and entrance channel at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, empowered, and directed to adopt and prescribe suitable rules and regulations governing the navigation, movement, and anchorage of vessels of whatsoever character in the waters of Pearl Harbor, island of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, and in the entrance channel to said harbor, and to take all necessary measures for the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations. Sec. 1001. Chapter 20.-POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL Definitions. 1002. 1003. 1004. Prohibition against discharge of oil or oily mixtures; permissible discharges. Excepted discharges; securing safety of ship; prevention of damage to ship or cargo; saving life; damaged ship or unavoidable leakage. Excepted discharges; tanker ballast from cargo tank. 1004a. United States tankers; construction standards. 1005. 1006. 1007. 1008. 1009. 1010. 1014. (a) Tank arrangement and tank size limitation pursuant to provisions of annex C to the convention; building contracts placed on or after effective date. (b) Same; building contracts placed for keel laid before the effective (c) Domestic tankers without certificate of compliance or exemp- access. (e) Foreign tankers without foreign registry; denial of access. (a) Criminal penalties for willful violations; separate violations. (c) Liability of vessel; venue. (d) Administrative proceedings. Suspension or revocation of license of officers of offending vessels. Personnel for enforcement of provisions; arrest of offenders and procedure; ship fittings and equipment. Oil record book. (a) Printing; regulations by Secretary. (b) Book supplied without charge; inspection and surrender. (c) Operations requiring recordation. (d) Entries; signatures. (e) Rules and regulations. Regulations. Boarding of ships; production of records; evidence of violations by foreign ships. Effect on other laws. 33 1001. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires(a) The term "convention" means the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended; (b) The term "discharge" in relation to oil or to an oily mixture means any discharge or escape howsoever caused; (c) The term "instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content" means the rate of discharge of oil in liters per hour at any instant divided by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant; (d) The term "heavy diesel oil" means diesel oil, other than those distillates of which more than 50 per centum, by volume distills at a temperature not exceeding three hundred and forty degrees centigrade when tested by American Society for Testing and Materials standard method D. 86/59; (e) The term "mile” means a nautical mile of six thousand and eighty feet or one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two meters; (f) The term "oil" means crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil, and lubricating oil, and "oily" shall be construed accordingly; an "oily mixture" means a mixture with any oil content; (g) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association; and any owner, operator, agent, master, officer, or employee of a ship; (h) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; (i) The term "ship", subject to the exceptions provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, means any seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever of American registry or nationality, including floating craft, whether self-propelled or towed by another vessel making a sea voyage; and "tanker", as a type included within the term "ship", means a ship in which the greater part of the cargo space is constructed or adapted for the carriage of liquid cargoes in bulk and which is not, for the time being, carrying a cargo other than oil in that part of its cargo space. (1) The following categories of vessels are excepted from all provisions of this chapter: (i) tankers of under one hundred and fifty tons gross tonnage and other ships of under five hundred tons gross tonnage. (ii) ships for the time being engaged in the whaling industry when actually employed on whaling operations. (iii) ships for the time being navigating the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of Saint Lambert lock at Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada. (iv) naval ships and ships for the time being used as naval auxiliaries. (j) The term "from the nearest land” means from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the territory in question is established in accordance with the Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958; except that, for the purpose of this chapter "from the nearest land" off the northeastern coast of Australia means a line drawn from a point on the coast of Australia in latitude 11 degrees south, longitude 142 degrees 08 minutes east to a point in latitude 10 degrees 35 minutes south, longitude 141 degrees 55 minutes east thence to a point latitude 10 degrees 00 minutes south, longitude 142 degrees 00 minutes east; thence to a point latitude 9 degrees 10 minutes south, longitude 143 degrees 52 minutes east; thence to a point latitude 9 degrees 00 minutes south, longitude 144 degrees 30 minutes east; thence to a point latitude 13 degrees 00 minutes south, longitude 144 degrees 00 minutes east; thence to a point latitude 15 degrees 00 minutes south, longitude 146 degrees 00 minutes east; thence to a point latitude 18 degrees 00 minutes south, longitude 147 degrees 00 minutes east; thence to a point latitude 21 degrees 00 minutes south, longitude 153 degrees 00 minutes east; thence to a point on the coast of Australia in latitude 24 degrees 42 minutes south, longitude 153 degrees 15 minutes east. 33 § 1002. Prohibition against discharge of oil or oily mixtures; permissible discharges Subject to the provisions of sections 1003 and 1004 of this title, the discharge of oil or oily mixture from a ship is prohibited unless (a) the ship is proceeding en route; and (b) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does not exceed sixty liters per mile, and (c)(1) for a ship, other than a tanker (i) the oil content of the discharge is less than one hundred parts per one million parts of the mixture, and (ii) the discharge is made as far as practicable from the nearest land; (2) for a tanker, except discharges from machinery space bilges which shall be governed by the above provisions for ships other than tankers (i) the total quantity of oil discharged on a ballast voyage does not exceed one fifteen-thousandths of the total cargocarrying capacity, and (ii) the tanker is more than fifty miles from the nearest land. 33 1003. Excepted discharges; securing safety of ship; prevention of damage to ship or cargo; saving life; damaged ship or unavoidable leakage Section 1002 of this title does not apply to (a) the discharge of oil or oily mixture from a ship for the purpose of securing the safety of a ship, preventing damage to a ship or cargo, or saving life at sea; or (b) the escape of oil, or of oily mixture, resulting from damage to a ship or unavoidable leakage, if all reasonable precautions have |