1998 Year of the Ocean Perspectives on Marine Environmental Quality 



DOMESTIC LEGAL REGIME 

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Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. §§ 1901 et seg.) 



Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seg.) 



Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (enacting 33 U.S.C. §1322 note) 



Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. §§ 3501 et seq.) 



Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. §§ 1451 et seq.) 



Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1 980 (42 



U.S.C. §§9601 et sea.) 



Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.) 



Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 661 et seg.) 



National Coastal Monitoring Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 2801 et seq.) 



National Contaminated Sediment Assessment and Management Act (33 U.S.C. § 1271) 



National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 1431 et seq.) 



National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq .) 



Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 4701 et seq.) 



Ocean Dumping Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1401 et seq., inter alia ) 



Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et sea.) 



Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §§ 401 et sea.) 



Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (16 U.S.C. § 



1455b) 



Shore Protection Act of 1988 (33 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et sea.) 



Title IV of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. §§ 



1447a to 1447!) 



EndangeredSpecies Actof 1973 (16 U.S.C. §§1531 etsea.) 



Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq.) 



Marine Mammal Protection Act (U.S.C. §§ 1361 et seq.) 



Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. §§1331 et sea.) 



Hazardous Materials Transportation acts (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et sea-, inter alia ) 



Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et sea.) 



Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 etseq.) 



Water Resources Development acts (33 U.S.C. §§ 2280 et sea-, inter alia ) 



The legal regime covering this topic is based on a collection of important federal statutory 

 authorities. The following is a brief description of some of those authorities relating to marine 

 environmental quality. The list is selective and is designed to illustrate some major marine 

 environmental quality acts. The list is not meant to be comprehensive. 



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