46 U.S.C. § 55110 Transportation of Valueless Material Or Dredged Material

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

Section 55102 of this title applies to the transportation of valueless material or dredged material, regardless of whether it has commercial value, from a point in the United States or on the high seas within the exclusive economic zone, to another point in the United States or on the high seas within the exclusive economic zone.

Cite as 46 U.S.C. § 55110

Source: Pub. L. 109-304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1637; Pub. L. 110-181, div. C, title XXXV, §3527(b)(1), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 602.

current through 7/7/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Revised <para>Section</para> </TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code)</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>55110</TD> <TD>46 App.:883 (12th proviso).</TD> <TD>June 5, 1920, ch. 250, §27 (12th proviso), 41 Stat. 999; Pub. L. 100-329, §1(a), June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 588.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

The words "or place" are omitted as surplus. The words "as defined in the Presidential Proclamation of March 10, 1983" are omitted because "exclusive economic zone" is defined in chapter 1 of the revised title.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2008- Pub. L. 110-181 inserted "valueless material or" before "dredged material" in section catchline.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

NONAPPLICABILITY OF PUB. L. 100-329 TO CERTAIN VESSELS

Pub. L. 102-587, title V, §5501(c), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5085, provided that: "The Act of June 7, 1988 ( Public Law 100-329; 102 Stat. 588) [amending sections 316 and 883 (from which this section was derived) of the former Appendix to this title and enacting provisions set out below], including the amendments made by that Act, does not apply to a vessel-

"(1) engaged in the transportation of valueless material or valueless dredged material; and

"(2) owned or chartered by a corporation that had on file with the Secretary of Transportation on August 1, 1989, the certificate specified in section 27A of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883-1) [now 46 U.S.C. 12118 ]."

TRANSPORTATION OF MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE

Pub. L. 100-329, §3, June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 589, provided that: "Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this Act [amending section 883 of the former Appendix to this title, from which this section was derived], a vessel may transport municipal sewage sludge if that vessel, regardless of where it was built, is documented under the laws of the United States and, on the date of enactment of this Act [June 7, 1988], that vessel-