PUBLIC LAW 109–241—JULY 11, 2006
120 STAT. 553
aid to navigation, and will not hinder activities required for the operation and maintenance of any Federal aid to navigation, without express written approval by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; and (4) the Coast Guard may enter, at any time, the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, without notice, for purposes of operating, maintaining, and inspecting any Federal aid to navigation and ensuring compliance with this subsection, to the extent that it is not possible to provide advance notice.
TITLE VI—DELAWARE RIVER PROTECTION AND MISCELLANEOUS OIL PROVISIONS SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Delaware River Protection Act of 2006’’.
Delaware River Protection Act of 2006.
33 USC 2701 note.
SEC. 602. REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY COAST GUARD OF RELEASE OF OBJECTS INTO THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 15. REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY COAST GUARD OF RELEASE OF OBJECTS INTO THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
33 USC 1232b.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—As soon as a person has knowledge of any release from a vessel or facility into the navigable waters of the United States of any object that creates an obstruction prohibited under section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899, popularly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403), such person shall notify the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army of such release. ‘‘(b) RESTRICTION ON USE OF NOTIFICATION.—Any notification provided by an individual in accordance with subsection (a) may not be used against such individual in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjury or for giving a false statement.’’. SEC. 603. LIMITS ON LIABILITY.
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF LIABILITY LIMITS.— (1) TANK VESSELS.—Section 1004(a)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) with respect to a single-hull vessel, including a single-hull vessel fitted with double sides only or a double bottom only, $3,000 per gross ton; ‘‘(B) with respect to a vessel other than a vessel referred to in subparagraph (A), $1,900 per gross ton; or ‘‘(C)(i) with respect to a vessel greater than 3,000 gross tons that is— ‘‘(I) a vessel described in subparagraph (A), $22,000,000; or ‘‘(II) a vessel described in subparagraph (B), $16,000,000; or
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