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Sec. 

 1517. 



1518. 



1519. 

 1520. 



1521. 

 1522. 

 1523. 

 1524. 



Liability — Continued 



(f) Deepwater Port Liability Fund; establish- 



ment: suits; administration; liability for 

 uncompensated cleanup co=-,ts and dam- 

 ages; fees and exemptions; maintenance of 

 prescribed amount of money: loans from 

 Treasury for payment of claims. Interest; 

 appropriation for administration costs; 

 Income from Investments to princapal of 

 Fund. 



(g) Defenses: act of war: negligence of Federal 



Government- negligence of claimant. 



(h) Subrogation: third party liability; recovery 

 of reasonable cleanup cost of discharge 

 caused by act of war or negligence of Fed- 

 eral Government. 



(1) Class actions: Attornev Genera'., member of 

 group; notice, publication in Federal Reg- 

 ister and newspapers; trustee's action for 

 damages to natural resources of mar'ne en- 

 vironment; restoration and rehabilitation 

 of such resources. 



(J) Procedures for filing and payment of claims 

 for cleanup costs and damages: limita- 

 tions; appeals. 



(k) Feleral preemption unintended; additional 

 State requirements or liability: bar against 

 multiple recoveries. 



(l) Financial responsibility. 



(m) Definitions. 



(n) Study for a uniform law for cleanup costs 

 and damages from oil spills: adjudication 

 and settlement of claims; report to Con- 

 gress. 

 Relationship to other laws. 



(a) Federal Constitution, laws, and treaties ap- 



plicable: other Federal requirements ap- 

 plicable: status of deepwater port; Federal 

 or State authorities and responsibilities 

 within territorial seas unaffected. 



(b) Law of nearest adjacent coastal State as ap- 



plicable Federal law: Federal administra- 

 tratlon and enforcement of such law: 

 nearest adjacent coastal State defined. 



(c) Vessels of foreign states subject to Federal 



jurisdiction; designation of agent for serv- 

 ice of process. 



(d) Customs laws inapplicable to deepwater 



port; duties and taxes on foreign articles 

 imported into customs territory of United 

 States. 



(e) Federal district courts; original jurisdiction: 



venue. 

 Annual report by Secertary to Congress: recom- 

 mendations to Congress. 

 Pipeline safety and operation. 



(a) Standards and regulations for Outer Con- 



tinental Shelf. 



(b) Report to Congress: monitoring require- 



ments for Federal lands and Outer Conti- 

 nental Shelf. 



(c) Report to Congress: review of laws and reg- 



ulations affecting Federal lands and Outer 

 Continental Shelf. 

 Negotiations with Canada and Mexico; report to 



Congress. 

 Limitations on export provisions of section 185(u) 



of Title 30 unaffected. 

 General procedures; issuance and enforcement of 

 orders; scope of authority: evidentiary matters. 

 Authorization of appropriations. 



§ 1501. Congressional declaration of policy. 



(a) It is declared to be the purposes of the Con- 

 gress in this chapter to — 



(1) authorize and regulate the location, owner- 

 ship, construction, and operation of deepwater 



ports in waters beyond the territorial limits of the 

 United States; 



(2) provide for the protection of the marine and 

 coastal environment to prevent or minimize any 

 adverse impact which might occur as a conse- 

 quence of the development of such ports: 



(3) protect the interests of the United States 

 and tho;:e of ad.iacent coastal States in the loca- 

 tion, construction, and operation of deepwater • 

 ports; and 



(4) protect the rights and responsibilities of 

 States and commvmities to regulate growth, deter- 

 mine land use, and othenvise protect the environ- 

 ment in accordance with law. 



(b> Tlie Cmgress declares that nothing in this 

 chapter shall be construed to affect the legal status 

 of the high sea'=, the suner.iacent airspace, or the sea- 

 bed and subsoil, including the Continental Shelf. 

 (Pub. L. 93-627, § 2, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat, 2126.) 



§ 1502. Definitions. 



As used in this chapter, unless the context other- 

 wise requires, the term — 



(1) "adjacent coa-^^al State" means any coastal 

 State which (A^ would be directly connected by 

 pipeline to a deepwater port, as proposed in an 

 application: (B) would be located within 15 miles 

 of any such proposed deepwater rort: or (C) is 

 designated by the Secretary in accordance with 

 section 1598(a) (2) of this title; 



(2) "afHliate" means any entity owned or con- 

 trolled by, any person who owns or controls, or any 

 entity which is under common ownership or con- 

 trol with an applicant, licensee, or any person re- 

 quired to be disclosed pursuant to section 1504(c) 

 (2) (A) or (B) of this title: 



(3) "antitrust laws" includes the Act of July 2, 

 1890, as amended, the Act of October 15, 1914, as 

 amended, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and 

 sections 73 and 74 of the Act of August 27, 1894, as 

 amended: 



(4) "applieation" means any application sub- 

 mitted under this chapter (A) for a license for the 

 ownership, construction, and operation of a deep- 

 water port; (B) for transfer of any such license; 

 or (C) for any substantial change in any of the 

 coiiditions and provisions of any such license; 



(5) "citizen of the United States" means any 

 person who is a United States citizen by law, birth, 

 or natural'zation, any State, any agency of a State 

 or a group of States, or any corporation, partner- 

 ship, or association organized imder the laws of 

 any State v;hich has as its president or other ex- 

 ecutive officer and as its chairman of the board of 

 directors, or holder of a similar office, a person who 

 is a United States citizen by law, birth or naturali- 

 zation and which has no more of its directors who 

 are not United States citizens by law, birth or 

 naturalizaticn than constitute a minority of the 

 number required for a quorum necessary to con- 

 duct the business of the board; 



(6) "coastal environment" means the navigable 

 waters (including the lands therein and there- 



