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Oil Pollution Act of 1924
Long title An Act to protect navigation from obstruction and injury by preventing the discharge of oil into the coastal navigable waters of the United States. Nicknames Oil Pollution Act, 1924 Enacted by the
68th United States Congress Effective June 7, 1924 Public law
Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States)
68–238
Statutes at Large 43
Stat.
604 Titles amended
33 U.S.C.: Navigable Waters
U.S.C. sections created
33 U.S.C.
ch. 9, subch. II § 431 et seq. Introduced in the Senate as S. 1942Passed the Senate on June 16, 1924 (Passed)Passed the House on June 5, 1924 (Passed) with amendmentSenate agreed to House amendment on June 5, 1924 (Agreed)Signed into law by President
Calvin Coolidge on June 7, 1924
Oil Pollution Act of 1924 is a
United States federal statute establishing regulations for
coastal navigable waters with regards to intentional
fossil fuel discharges from
seagoing vessels . The
Act of Congress grants the
Secretary of War authority to evaluate the oil
volume discharge from a
vessel while
assessing if coastal
navigable waters have a potential
toxicity posing a deleterious condition for human health and
seafood contamination. The 1924 United States statute provides judicial penalties encompassing civil and criminal punishment for violations of the prescribed regulations as stated in the Act.
The
legislation was passed by the 68th United States Congressional session and confirmed as a federal law by the
30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge on June 7, 1924.
Provisions of the Act
The 1924 environmental law provided seven codified sections defining territorial jurisdiction for the United States
inland navigable waters .
33 U.S.C. § 431 ~ Title of Act
33 U.S.C. § 432 ~ Meaning of terms
33 U.S.C. § 433 ~ Unlawful discharge of oil in navigable waters
33 U.S.C. § 434 ~ Punishment for violation of oil discharge and liability of vessel
33 U.S.C. § 435 ~ Revocation of officers licenses for violations
33 U.S.C. § 436 ~ Administration by harbor and river officers for arrest of offenders and enforcement
33 U.S.C. § 437 ~ Act is an addition and not a repeal of existing navigable water laws
Amendment and Repeal of 1924 Act
The Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966 amended the 1924 public law requiring vessel ownerships to recover
oil discharges in relationship to the adjoining shorelines and navigable waters of the United States. The 1966 amendment designated the authority of the Act to the
U.S. Department of the Interior with a provision allowing enforcement activities by the
United States Armed Forces .
[1] The federal statute was passed by the United States 89th Congressional session and enacted into law by the
36th President of the United States Lyndon Johnson on November 3, 1966.
[2]
The Oil Pollution Act of 1924 was repealed by the United States 91st Congressional session enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1970.
[3] The United States statute was confirmed as a
federal law by the
37th President of the United States Richard Nixon on April 3, 1970.
[4]
See also
References
^
"Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966 ~ P.L. 89-753" (PDF) . 80 Stat. 1246 ~ Senate Bill 2947. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 3, 1966.
^ Johnson, Lyndon B. (November 3, 1966).
"Remarks Upon Signing the Demonstration Cities Bill and the Clean Water Restoration Bill - November 3, 1966" . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 1309–1310.
^
"Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1970 ~ P.L. 91–224" (PDF) . 84 Stat. 91 ~ House Bill 4148. U.S. Government Printing Office. April 3, 1970.
^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T.
"Richard Nixon: "Executive Order 11548—Delegating Functions of the President Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as Amended," July 20, 1970" . The American Presidency Project . University of California - Santa Barbara.
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North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 (1911)
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Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918)
Clarke–McNary Act (1924)
Oil Pollution Act (1924)
McSweeney-McNary Act (1928)
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1934)
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (1954)
Air Pollution Control Act (1955)
Fish and Wildlife Act (1956)
Oil Pollution Act (1961)
Clean Air Act (1963, 1970, 1977, 1990)
Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission (2nd Cir. Court of Appeals, 1965)
Solid Waste Disposal Act (1965)
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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (1986)
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Global Change Research Act (1990)
National Environmental Education Act (1990)
Oil Pollution Act (1990)
Alien Species Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1992
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Energy Policy Act (2005)
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