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1 tion debris, and industrial, municipal, agricultural, and other 



2 waste; but such term does not mean sewage from vessels 



3 within the meaning of section 312 of the Federal Water 



4 Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1322). Oil 



5 within the meaning of section 311 of the Federal Water 



6 Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1321) , shall 



7 be included onty insofar as such oil is taken on board a 



8 vessel or aircraft for the purpose of dumping." 



9 (b) Section 3 of such Act is amended to add a new 



10 subsection (1) to read as follows : 



11 " (1) 'Convention' shall mean the Convention on the 



12 Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and 



13 Other JMatter." 



14 Sec. 2. Section 101 of the Marme Protection, Research, 



15 and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 is amended to add new subsec- 



16 tions (d) and (e) to read as follows: 



17 *' (d) No person shall load any radiological, chemical, 



18 or biological warfare agent or any high-level radioactive 



19 waste, or except as may be authorized in a permit issued 



20 under this title, any other material for the purpose of trans- 



21 porting it for dumping into ocean waters, if such loading 



22 ( 1 ) is by a vessel or aircraft registered in the United States 



23 or flying the United States flag and (2) occurs in the terri- 



24 tory of any foreign State not a contracting party to the 



25 convention. Auy permit issued for such loading- shall be sub- 



