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1 ject to regulations issued under section 108 hereof by the 



2 Secretaiy of the Department in which the Coast Guard is 



3 operating. 



4 " (e) No person shall transport any material by a vessel 



5 or aircraft registered in the United States or flying the 



6 United States flag for the purpose of dumping such material 



7 in ocean waters when the loading of the material occurs in 



8 the territory of a foreign state party to the convention, except 



9 pursuant to a permit issued by the foreign state in which the 

 JO material was loaded." 



11 Sec. 3. (a) The fii'st sentence of subsection 102 (a) of 



12 the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 



13 1972 is amended to read as follows: 



14 "Except in relation to dredged material, as provided for 



15 in section 103 of this title, and in relation to radiological, 



16 chemical, and biological warfare agents and high-level radio- 



17 active waste, as provided for in section 101 of this title, 



18 the Administrator may issue permits, after notice and oppor- 



19 tunity for public hearings — 



20 " ( 1 ) for the transportation from the United States 



21 of material for the purpose of dumping it in ocean waters, 



22 or (2) in the case of an agency or instnimentality of the 



23 United States, for the transportation from a location out- 



24 side the United States of material for the purpose of 



25 dumping it in ocean waters, or (3) for the loadmg by 



