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thereto as authorized by law in cases of crimes 

 against the United States. Representatives of the 

 Secretary and of the Coast Guard of the United 

 States may go on aboard and inspect any ship as may 

 be necessary for enforcement of this chapter. 



(b) To implement article VII of the convention, 

 ship fittings and equipment, and operating require- 

 ments thereof, shall be in accordance with regula- 

 tions prescribed by the Secretary. (Pub. L. 87-167, 

 § 9, formerly § 8, Aug. 30, 1961. 75 Stat. 403, renum- 

 bered and amended Pub. L. 93-119, § 2 (8), Oct. 4, 

 1973, 87 Stat. 427.) 



Amendments 

 1973— Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-119, 5 2(8) (A)-(C) . sub- 

 stituted first sentence reading "In the administration of 

 sections 1001 to 1010 of this title, the Secretary may util- 

 ize by agreement, with or without reimbursement, law 

 enforcement officers or other personnel, facilities, or equip- 

 ment of other Federal agencies or the States." for "In the 

 administration of sections 1001 to 1011 of this title, the 

 Secretary may make use of the organization, equipment, 

 and agencies. Including engineering, clerical, and other 

 personnel, employed under his direction In the improve- 

 ment of rivers and harbors and In the enforcement of laws 

 for the preservation and protection of navigable waters."; 

 substituted in second sentence following "For the better 

 enforcement of the provisions of said sections," text 

 reading "officers of the Coast Guard and other persons 

 employed by or acting under the authority of the Secre- 

 tary" for "the officers and agents of the United States in 

 charge of river and harbor improvements and persons 

 employed under them by authority of the Secretary, and 

 officers and employees of the Bureau of Customs and the 

 Coast Guard"; and substituted in last sentence "Repre- 

 sentatives of the Secretary and of the Coast Guard of the 

 United States may go on board and inspect any ship as 

 may be necessary" for "Representatives of the Secretary 

 and of the Bureau of Customs and Coast Guard of the 

 United States may go on board and Inspect any ship in a 

 prohibited zone or In a port of the United States as may 

 be necessary". 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-119, §2(8)(D), deleted after 

 "Secretary" the words "of the Department In which the 

 Coast Guard is operating" and provision for a civil penalty 

 not in excess of $100, In addition to any other penalty 

 prescribed by law, for violation of regulations. See section 

 1005 of this title. 



§ 1008. Oil record book. 



(a) Printing; regulations by Secretary. 

 The Secretary' shall have printed separate oil 



record books, containing instructions and spaces for 

 inserting information in the form prescribed by the 

 Convention, which shall be published in regulations 

 prescribed by the Secretary. 



(b) Book supplied without charge; inspection and 

 surrender. 



If subject to this chapter, every ship using oil fuel 

 and every tanker shall be provided, without charge, 

 an oil record book which shall be carried on board. 

 The provisions of section 140 of Title 5 shall not 

 apply. The ownership of the booklet shall remain 

 in the United States Government. This book shall 

 be available for inspection as provided In this chap- 

 ter and for surrender to the United States Govern- 

 ment pursuant to regulations of the Secretary. 



(c) Operations requiring recordation. 

 The oil record book shall be completed on each 



occasion, on a tank-to-tank basis, whenever any of 



the following operations take place in the ship: 



(1) for tankers — 



(i) loading of oil cargo; 



(il) transfer of oil cargo during voyage; 



(ill) discharge of oil cargo; 



(iv) ballasting of cargo tanks; 



(V) cleaning of cargo tanks; 



(vi) discharge of dirty ballast; 



(vli) discharge of water from slop tanks; 



(vili) disposal of residues; 



(ix) discharge overboard of bilge water con- 

 taining oil which has accumulated in machinery 

 spaces while in port, and the routine discharge 

 at sea of bilge water containing oil unless the 

 latter has been entered in the appropriate log- 

 book; 



(2) for ships other than tankers — 

 (1) ballasting or cleaning of bunker fue^ 



tanks; 



(ii) discharge of dirty ballast or cleaning 

 water from bunker fuel tanks; 



(iii) disposal of residues; 



(iv) discharge overboard of bilge water con- 

 taining oil which has accumulated in machinery 

 spaces while in port, and the routine discharge 

 at sea of bilge water containing oil unless the 

 latter has been entered in the appropriate log* 

 book. In the event of such discharge or escape 

 of oil or oily mixture as is referred to in section 

 1003 of this title, a statement shall be made In 

 the oil record book of the circumstances of, and 

 reason for, the discharge or escape. 



(d) Entries; signatures. 

 Each operation described in subsection (c) of this 



section shall be fully recorded without delay in the 

 oil record book so that all the entries in the book ap- 

 propriate to that operation are completed. Each 

 page of the book shall be signed by the oflBcer or 

 officers in charge of the operations concerned and. 

 when the ship is manned, by the master of the ship 



(e) Rules and regulations. 



Oil record books shall be kept In such manner and 

 for such length of time as set forth In the regulation.-; 

 prescribed by the Secretary. 



(f) Repealed. Pub. L. 93-119, § 2(9)(C), Oct 4. 1973, 87 



Stat. 428. 

 (Pub. L. 87-167, § 10, formeriy § 9, Aug. 30, 1961. 75 

 Stat. 404, amended Pub. L. 89-551, I 1(6), Sept. 1. 

 1966, 80 Stat. 374; renumbered and amended Pub. L. 

 93-119, §2(9), Oct. 4, 1973, 87 Stat. 427.) 

 Amendments 

 1973-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-119. §2(9) (A), Inserted 

 in introductory text ", on a tank-to-tank basis,"; In revis- 

 ing first sentence, substituted els. (1) for tankers and (2) 

 for ships other than tankers for prior els. (1) to (7), 

 adding items (I)-(IU) and (Ix) of cl. (1). incorporating 

 In: item (iv) provisions of former cl. (1) relating to bal- 

 lasting of and discharge of ballast from cargo tanks of 

 tankers; Item (v) provisions of foimiQ- cl. (2) relating to 

 cleaning of cargo tank of tankers; Item (vi) provisions of 

 former cl. (1), substituting "dirty ballisst" for "ballast"; 

 Item (vil) provisions of former cl. (3) relating to settling 

 In slop tanks and discharge of water from tankers; item 

 (vlil) provisions of former cl. (4) relating to disposal from 

 tankers during voyage, of bunker fuel tanks of ships other 



