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1 of the resources of the seabed and the ocean floor 



2 and the subsoil thereof ; 



3 (2) "oil" means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and 



4 lubricating oil ; 



5 (3) "convention" means the International Conven- 



6 tion Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases 



7 of Oil Pollution Casualties,. 1969; 



8 (4) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the depart- 



9 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating; and 



10 (5) "United States" means the States, the District 



11 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 



12 Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, 



13 and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 

 Sec. 3. Whenever a ship collision, stranding, or other 



incident of navigation, or other occurrence on board a ship 

 or external to it resulting in material damage or imminent 

 threat of material damage to the ship or her cargo creates, 

 as determined by the Secretary, a grave and imminent 

 danger to the coastline or related interests of the United 

 States from pollution or threat of pollution of the sea by 

 oil which may reasonably be expected to result in major 

 harmful consequences, the Secretary may, except as pro- 

 vided for in section 10, without liability for any damage 

 to the owners or operators of the ship, to ^er cargo or 

 crew, or to underwriters or other parties interested therein. 



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