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(c) Reasonable progress toward development of 

 coastal zone management program; planning 

 grants. 



The Secretary shall not issue a license unless the 

 adjacent coastal State to which the deepwater port 

 is to be directly connected by pipeline has developed, 

 or is making, at the time the apphcation is sub- 

 mitted, reasonable progress toward developing an 

 approved coastal zone management program pur- 

 suant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 

 in the area to be directly and primarily impacted by 

 land and water development in the coastal zone re- 

 sulting from such deepwater port. For the purposes 

 of this chapter, a State shall be considered to be 

 making rearonable progress if it is receiving a plan- 

 ning grant pursuant to section 305 of the Coastal 

 Zone Management Act. 



(d) State agreements or compacts. 



The consent of X^ongress is given to two or more 

 coastal States to negotiate and enter into agree- 

 ments or compacts, not in conflict with any law or 

 treaty of the United States, (1) to apply for a license 

 for the ownership, construction, arid operation of a 

 deepwater port or for the transfer of such license, 

 and (2) to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise. 

 as are deemed necessary or appropriate for imple- 

 menting and carrying out the provisions of any 

 such agreement or compact. Such agreement or com- 

 pact shall be bindJng and obligatory upon any State 

 or party thereto without further approval by Con- 

 gress. (Pub. L. 93-627, § 9, Jan. 3, 1975. 88 Stat. 

 2136.) 



§ 1509. Marine environmental protection and naviga- 

 tional safety. 



(a) Regulations and procedures. 



Subject to recognized principles of international 

 law, the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation and 

 enforce procedures with respect to any deepwater 

 port, including, but not limited to, rules governing 

 vessel movement, loading and unloading procedures, 

 designation and marking of anchorage area,"^. main- 

 tenance, law enforcement, and the equipment, train- 

 ing, and maintenance required (A) to r;revent pollu- 

 tion of the marine environment. (Bi to clean up any 

 pollutants which may be discharged, and (C) to 

 otherwise prevent or minimize any adverse impact 

 from the construction and operation of such deep- 

 water port. 



(b) Safety of prope'-'y and life; regulations. 



The Secretary shall issue and enforce regulations 

 with respect to lights and other warning devices, 

 safety equipment, and other matters relating to the 

 promotion of safety of life and property in any deep- 

 water port and the waters adjacent thereto. 



(c) M.-irkintr of components: payment of cost. 



The Secretary shall mark, for the protection of 

 navigation, any component of a deepwater port 

 whenever the licensee fails to mark such component 

 in accordance with applicable regulations. The li- 

 censee shall pay the cost of such marking. 



(d) Safety zones; designation; construction period; 

 permitted activities. 



(1) Subject to recognized principles of interna- 



tional law and after consultation with the Secretary 

 of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec- 

 retary of State, and the Secretary of Defense, the 

 Secretary shall designate a zone of appropriate size 

 around and including any deepwater port for the 

 purpose of navigational safety. In such zone, no in- 

 stallations, structures, or uses will be permitted that 

 are incompatible with the operation of the deep- 

 water port. The Secretary shall by regulation define 

 permitted activities within such zone. The Secretary 

 shall, not later than 30 days after publication of 

 notice pursuant to section 1504(c) of this title, des- 

 ignate such safety zone with respect to any pro- 

 posed deepwater port. 



(2) In addition to any other regulations, the Sec- 

 retary is authorized, in accordance with this sub- 

 section, to establish a safety zone to be effective 

 during the period of construction of a deepwater port 

 and to issue rules and regulations relating thereto. 

 I Pub. L. 93-627, § 10, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2137.) 



§ 1510. International agreements. 



The Secretary of State, in consult"' tion with the 

 Secretary, shall seek effective international action 

 and cooperation in support of the policy and purposes 

 of this chapter and may formulate, present, or sujj- 

 port specific proposals in the United Nations and 

 other competent international organizations for the 

 development of appropriate international rules and 

 regulations relative to the construction, ownership, 

 and operation of deepwater ports, with i>articular re- 

 gard for measures that assure protection of such fa- 

 cilities as well as the promotion of navigational 

 safety in the vicinity thereof. (Pub. L. 93-627, § 11, 

 Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2138.) 



§ 1511. Suspension or termination of licenses. 



(a) Proceedings by Attorney General; venue; condi- 

 tions subsequent. 



Whenever a licensee fails to comply with any ap- 

 plicable provision of this chapter, or any applicable 

 rule, regulation, restriction, or condition issued or 

 Imposed by the Secretary under the authority of 

 this chapter, the Attorney General, at the request of 

 the Secretiry. mav, file an appropriate action in the 

 United States district court nearest to the location of 

 the proposed or actual deep^^'ater port, as the case 

 may be, or in the district in which the licensee re- 

 sides or may be found, to — 



( 1 ) suspend the license ; or 



(2) if such failure is knowing and continues for 

 a period of thirty days after the Secretary mails 

 notification of .'uch f-'ilure by registered letter to 

 the licensee at his record post office address, revoke 

 such license. 



No proceeding under this subsection i<; necessary if 

 the license, by its terms, provides for automatic sus- 

 pension or termination upon the occurrence of a 

 fixed or agreed upon condition, event, or time. 



(b) Publi"- health or safety; danger to environment; 

 completion of proceedings. 



If the Secretarv determines that immediate sus- 

 pension of the construction or operation of a deep- 

 water port or any component thereof is necessary to 

 protect public health or sifetv or to eliminate im- 



