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Sec. 10. Executive Order Numbered 10426, dated January 16, 

 1953, entitled "Setting Aside Submerged Lands of the Continental 

 Sbelf as a Naval Petroleum Reserve", is hereby revoked insofar 

 as it applies to any lands beneath navigable waters as defined 

 in section 2 hereof. 

 18 FR 405. Sec. 11. Separability. — If any provision of this Act, or any 



section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or individual word, 

 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held 

 invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the ap- 

 plication of any such provision, section, subsection, sentence, 

 clause, phrase or individual word to other persons and circum- 

 stances shall not be affected thereby ; without limiting the gen- 

 erality of the foregoing, if subsection 3 (a) 1, 3 (a) 2, 3 (b) 1, 

 3 (b) 2, 3 (b) 3, or 3, or 3 (c) or any provision of any of those sub- 

 sections is held invalid, such subsection or provision shall be 

 held separable and the remaining subsections and provisions shall 

 not be affected thereby. 



Approved May 22, 1953. 



