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PUBLIC LAW 93-119-OCT. 4, 1973
"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.". (2) Section 3 (33 U.S.C. 1002) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. Subject to the provisions of sections 4 and 5, 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 discbarge 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.". (3) Section 4 (33 U.S.C. 1003) is amended— (A) by changing the word "shall" to "does" in the introductory clause thereof; (B) by changing the semicolon to a period at the end of subsection (b) thereof; and (C) by repealing subsection (c) thereof. (4) Section 5 (33 U.S.C. 1004) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. Section 3 does not apply to the discharge of tanker ballast from a cargo tank which, since the cargo wias last carried therein, has been so cleaned that any effluent therefrom, if it were discharged from a stationary tanker into clean calm water on a clear day, would produce no visible traces of oil on the surface of the water.". (5) Insert a new section 6, to read as follows, following section 5: "SEC. 6. (a) Every tanker to which this Act applies and built in the United States and for which the building contract is placed on or after the effective date of this section shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of annex C to the convention, relating to tank arrangement and limitation of tank size. "(b) Every tanker to which this Act applies and built in the United States and for which the building contract is placed, or in the absence of a building contract the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar state of construction, before the effective date of this section, shall, within two years after that date, comply with the provisions of annex C of the convention if— " (1) the delivery of the tanker is after January 1, 1977; or "(2) the delivery of the tanker is not later than January 1, 1977, and the building contract is placed after January 1, 1972, or
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