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Department of Transportatiox, U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Environmental 

 Protection Division, April 1973; Final Environmental Impact Statement — 

 Amendment of the Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (75 Stat. 402), as Amended, 

 BY Implementation of the 1969 and 1971 Amendments to the International 

 Convention fob the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as 

 Amended 



SUMMARY sheet 



( ) Draft (X) Final Environmental Impact Statement 

 Responsible Federal Agency — 

 U.S. Coast Guard — Marine Environmental Protection Division 



1. Name of action. — Legis'ative acti m. 



2. Description. — A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act, 1961, as amended, by 

 implementation of the 1969 and 1971 Amendments to the International Conven- 

 tion for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended. 



3. Environmental Impact and Adverse Environmental Effects. — The bill estab- 

 lishes rigid control measures to prevent and control pollution of the sea by oil. 

 Enactment of this bill will cause a substantial reduction in the quantity of oil 

 being di.scharged at sea. There are no adverse environmental effects resulting 

 from enactment of this bill. 



4. Alternatives Considered. — 



a. No legislation 



b. Stronger legislation 



5. Federal agencies receiving copies of draft statement for comment — 



a. Department of Commerce — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- 

 tion, Maritime Administration 



b. Department of Transi)ortation — Office of Environmental Quality 



c. Environmental Protection Agency — Office of Water Quality, Office of Fed- 

 eral Activities 



d. Department of Defense — Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Navy, 

 Office of the Oeeanographer of the Navy 



e. Department of the Interior — Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife, Bu- 

 reau of Land Mmagenient 



6. Date dvift/firuil statement made available to Council of Environmental 

 Quality and public — 



Draft St;\tement— September 22, 1972. 

 Final Statement — April 1973. 



1. description of proposed action 



This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 402), as amended, by 

 implementing the 1969 and 1971 amendments to the International Convention 

 for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil of 1954, as amended, and is 

 applicable only to ships of American registry or nationality. However, the same 

 provisions aaIII apply to ships of other registry as the amended International 

 Convention is implemented by the governments signatory thereto. Violations by 

 foreign vessels will be noted and fonvarded through appropriate channels to 

 the government concerned for legal action. 



Existing Discharge Controls 



The Oil Pollution Act of 1961. as amended, established certain prohibited 

 zones within which discharges of oil or oily mixtures with ,an oil content greater 

 than one hundred parts per million (ppm) are prohibited by tankers over one 

 hundred and fifty gross tons. It also i)rohibits these same di.scharges by sliipvS 

 other than tankers, over 500 tons in gross tonnage, within any of the prohibited 



