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PUBLIC LAW 91-224-APR. 3, 1970
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Public Law 91-224 AN ACT
April 3, 1970
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled.,
[H. R. 4i48]
of the Po^iiution^ c'onuoi Act, amendments;.
TITLE I—WATEK QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970". SEC. 102. Existing sections 17 and 18 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, are hereby repealed. Section 19 of such Act is redesignated as section 27. Sections 11 through 16 of such Act are redesignated as sections 21 through 26, respectively. Such Act is further amended by inserting after section 10 the following new sections: "CONTROL OF POLLUTION BY OIL
"SEC. 11. (a) For the purpose of this section, the term— "(1) 'oil'means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil; "(2) 'discharge' includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping; "(3) 'vessel' means every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water other than a public vessel; " (4) 'public vessel' means a vessel owned or bare-boat chartered and operated by the United States, or by a State or political subdivision thereof, or by a foreign nation, except when such vessel is engaged in commerce; "(5) 'United States'means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; "(6) 'owner or operator' means (A) in the case of a vessel, any person owning, operating, or chartering by demise, such vessel, and (B) in the case of an onshore facility, and an offshore facility, any person owning or operating such onshore facility or offshore facility, and (C) in the case of any abandoned offshore facility, the person who owned or operated such facility immediately prior to such abandonment; " (7) 'person' includes an individual, firm, corporation, association, and a partnership. " (8) 'remove' or 'removal' refers to removal of the oil from the water and shorelines or the taking of such other actions as may be necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, and public and private property, shorelines, and beaches; " (9) 'contiguous zone' means the entire zone established or to be established by the United States under article 24 of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone; "(10) 'onshore facility' means any facility (including, but not limited to, motor vehicles and rolling stock) of any kind located in, on, or under, any land within the United States other than submerged land;
Citation 1 of title. Repeal. 80 Stat. 1252. 33 USC 466m, 466n.
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note. 70 Stat. 506; 79 Stat. 9 0 3. 33 USC 466h466^. Definitions.
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