An Act to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in order to improve and make more effective certain programs pursuant to such act.
PL 89-753 (S.2947), enacted 11/03/1966

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[80 STAT. 
Public Law 89-753 
November 3, 1966 
A N 
A C T 
[S.2947] 
rj^^y amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in order to improve and make 
more effective certain programs pursuant to such Act. 
Clean Water 
Restoration Act 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of A^nerlca in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
oTi9"66." " ""' 
be cited as the "Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966". 
TITLE I 
SEC. 101. Section 3 of the Federal Water Polhition Control Act, as 
75^star'2o'*4^*' 
amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
79 Stat! 903! 
"(c) (1) The Secretary shall, at the request of the Governor of a 
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State, or a majority of the governors when more than one State is 
involved, make a grant to pay not to exceed 50 per centum of the 
administrative expenses of a planning agency for a period not to 
exceed 3 years, if such agency provides for adequate representation of 
appropriate State, interstate, local, or (when appropriate) interna-
tional, interests in the basin or portion thereof involved and is capable 
of developing an effective, comprehensive water quality control and 
abatement plan for a basin. 
"(2) Each planning agency receiving a grant under this subsection 
shall develop a comprehensive pollution control and abatement plan 
for the basin which— 
" (A) is consistent with any applicable water quality standards 
established pursuant to current law within the basin; 
"(B) recommends such treatment works and sewer systems as 
will provide the most effective and economical means of collection, 
storage, treatment, and purification of wastes and recommends 
means to encourage both municipal and industrial use of such 
works and systems; and 
"(C) recommends maintenance and improvement of water 
quality standards within the basin or portion thereof and recom-
mends methods of adequately financing those facilities as may be 
necessary to implement the plan. 
"Basin." 
u^g^ YoT the purposes of this subsection the term 'basin' includes, 
but is not limited to, rivers and their tributaries, streams, coastal 
waters, sounds, estuaries, bays, lakes, and portions thereof, as well as 
the lands drained thereby." 
TITLE II 
SEC. 201. (a) Section 6 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
II f^al' ?P.^' , 
Act is amended to read as follows: 
33 UbC 460C-1. 
"GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
"SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to any 
State, municipality, or intermunicipal ox interstate agency for the 
purpose of— 
"(1) assisting in the development of any project which will 
demonstate a new or improved method of controlling the discharge 
into any waters of untreated or inadequately treated sewage or 
other wastes from sewers which carry storm water or both storm 
water and sewage or other wastes, or 
"(2) .assisting in the development of any project which will 
demonstrate advanced waste treatment and water purification 
methods (including the temporary use of new or improved chemi-
cal additives which provide substantial immediate improvement 
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to existing treatment processes) or new or improved methods of 
joint treatment systems for municipal and industrial wastes, 
and for the purpose of reports, pLans, and specifications in connection 
therewith. 
"(b) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to persons for 
research and demonstration projects for prevention of pollution of 
waters by industry including, but not limited to, treatment of indus-
trial waste. 
"(c) Federal grants under subsection (a) of this section shall be 
Limitations, 
subject to the following limitations: 
"(1) No grant shall be made for any project pursuant to this 
section unless such project shall have been approved by the appro-
priate State water pollution control agency or agencies and by the 
Secretary; 
"(2) No grant shall be made for any project in an amount 
exceeding 75 per centum of the estimated reasonable cost thereof 
as determined by the Secretary; and 
"(8) No grant shall be made for any project under this section 
unless the Secretary determines that such project will serve as a 
useful demonstration for the purpose set forth in clause (1) or (2) 
of subsection (a). 
"(d) Federal grants under susbection (b) of this section shall be 
subject to the following limitations: 
"(1) No grant shall be made under this section in excess of 
$1,000,000; 
" (2) No grant shall be made for more than 70 per centum of the 
cost of the project; and 
"(3) No grant shall be made for any project unless the Secre-
tary determines that such project will serve a useful purpose in 
the development or demonstration of a new or improved method 
of treating industrial wastes or otherwise preventing pollution of 
waters by industry, which method shall have industry-wide 
application. 
"(e) For the purposes of this section there are authorized to be 
Appropriation. 
appropriated— 
"(1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for each of 
the next three succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $20,000,000 per 
fiscal year for the purposes set forth in subsections (a) and (b) 
of this section, including contracts pursuant to such subsections 
for such purposes; 
"(2) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for each of 
the next two succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $20,000,000 per 
fiscal year for the purpose set forth in clause (2) of subsection 
(a); and 
"(3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for each of 
the next two succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $20,000,000 per 
fiscal year for the purpose set forth in subsection (b)." 
(b) Section 5 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
Estuarine zones, 
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pollution study. 
the Tollowmg new subsections: 
7o stat. 499; 
"(g) (1) The Secretary shall^ in cooperation with the Secretary of 75 stat. 205; 
the Army, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Water Resources Council, ^^sl^usc °4e'ec, 
and with other appropriate Federal, State, interstate, or local public 
bodies and private organizations, institutions, and individuals, con-
duct and promote, and encourage contributions to, a comprehensive 
study of the effects of pollution, including sedimentation, in the 
estuaries and estuarine zones of the United States on fish and wildlife, 
on sport and commercial fishing, on recreation, on water supply and 
water power, and on other beneficial purposes. 
Such study shall also 
consider the effect of demographic trends, the exploitation of mineral 
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Report to 
Congress. 
Appropriation. 
"Estuarine 
z o n e s . " 
" E s t u a r y . " 
Appropriation. 
75 Stat. 205; 
79 Stat. 903. 
33 u s e 466c. 
Program grants. 
33 u s e 466d. 
Construction 
grants. 
70 Stat. 502; 
79 Stat. 903. 
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resources and fossil fuels, land and industrial development, naviga-
tion, flood and erosion control, and other uses of estuaries and 
estuarine zones upon the pollution of the waters therein. 
"(2) In conducting the above study, the Secretary shall assemble, 
coordinate, and organize all existing pertinent information on the 
Nation's estuaries and estuarine zones; carry out a program of investi-
gations and surveys to supplement existing information in represent-
ative estuaries and estuarine zones; and identify the problems and 
areas where further research and study are required. 
"(3) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a final report of 
the study authorized by this subsection not later than three years after 
the date of enactment of this subsection. 
Copies of the report shall 
be made available to all interested parties, public and private. 
Tlie 
report shall include, but not be limited to— 
" (A) an analysis of the importance of estuaries to the economic 
and social well-being of the people of the United States and of the 
effects of pollution upon the use and enjoyment of such estuaries; 
"(B) a discussion of the major economic, social, and ecological 
trends occurring in the estuarine zones of the Nation; 
"(C) recommendations for a comprehensive national program 
for the preservation, study, use, and development of estuaries of 
the Nation, and the respective responsibilities which should be 
assumed by Federal, State, and local governments and by public 
and private interests. 
"(4) There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 
per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1967, June 30,1968, 
and June 30,1969, to carry out the purposes of this subsection. 
"(5) For the purpose of this subsection, the term 'estuarine zones' 
means an environmental system consisting of an estuary and those 
transitional areas which are consistently influenced or affected by water 
from an estuary such as, but not limited to, salt marshes, coastal and 
intertidal areas, bays, harbors, lagoons, inshore waters, and channels, 
and the term 'estuary' means all or part of the mouth of a navigable or 
interstate river or stream or other body of water having unimpaired 
natural connection with open sea and within which the sea water is 
measurably diluted with fresh water derived from land drainage. 
"(h) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion, other than subsection (g), not to exceed $60,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1968, and $65,0()0,(X)0 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1969. Sums so appropriated shall remain available until 
expended.'' 
(c) (1) Subsection (d) of section 5 of the Federal Water Pollution 
(^ontrol Act is amended by striking out" (1)" and by striking out all of 
paragraph (2) of such subsection. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall take effec^t July 1, 
1967. 
SEC. 202. (a) Subsection (a) of section 7 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act is amended by Striking out "and for each suc-
ceeding fiscal year to and including the fiscal year ending June 30', 1968, 
$5,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof "for each succeeding fiscal 
year to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $5,000,000, 
and for each succeeding fiscal year to and including the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1971, $10,000,000". 
(b) Subsection (a) of section 7 of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act is further amended by striking out the period at the end 
thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: 
"including the training of personnel of public agencies." 
SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (b) of section 8 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Federal grants under this section shall be subject to the follow-
ing limitations: (1) No grant shall be made for any project pursuant 
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to this section unless such project sluill luive been approved by the 
appropriate State water pollution control agency or agencies and by 
the Secretary and unless such project is included in a comprehensive 
program developed pursuant to this Act; (2) no grant shall be made 
for any project in an amount exceeding 30 per centum of the estimated 
reasonable cost thereof as determined by the Secretary; (3) no grant 
shall be made unless the grantee agrees to pay the remaining cost; 
(4) no grant shall be made for any project under this section until the 
applicant has made provision satisfactory to the Secretary for assur-
ing proper and efficient operation and maintenance of the treatment 
works after completion of the construction thereof; and (5) no grant 
shall be made for any project under this section unless such project is 
in conformity with the State water pollution control plan submitted 
pursuant to the provisions of section 7 and has been certified by the y/stat^^goa^^' 
appropriate State water pollution control agency as entitled to priority 
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over other eligible projects on the basis of financial as well as water 
pollution control needs; (6) the percentage limitation of 30 per centum 
imposed by clause (2) of this subsection shall be increased to a maxi-
mum of 40 per centum in the case of grants made under this section 
from funds allocated for a fiscal year to a State under subsection (c) 
of this section if the State agrees to pay not less than 30 per centum of 
the estimated reasonable cost (as determined by the Secretary) of all 
projects for which Federal grants are to be made under this section 
from such allocation; (7) the percentage limitations imposed by clause 
(2) of this subsection shall be nicreased to a maximum of 50 per centum 
in the case of grants made under this section from funds allocated for 
a fiscal year to a State under subsection (c) of this section if the State 
agrees to pay not less than 25 per centum of the estimated reasonable 
costs (as determined by the Secretary) of all projects for which Federal 
grants are to be made under this section from such allocation and if 
enforceable water quality standards have been established for the 
waters into which the project discharges, in accordance with section 
10(c) of this Act in the case of interstate waters, and under State law ^^^ ^*^'- ^°^' 
in the case of intrastate waters. 
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(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
Effective date. 
take effect July 1,1967. 
SEC. 204. The next to the last sentence of subsection (c) of section 
8 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking y/stat^gos"^' 
out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma 
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and the following: "except that in the case of any project on which 
construction was initiated in such State after June 30, 1966, which 
was apj)roved by the appropriate State water pollution control agency 
and which the Secretary finds meets the requirements of this section 
but was constructed without such assistance, such allotments for any 
fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1971, shall also be available for 
payments in reimbursement of State or local funds used for such 
project prior to July 1, 1971, to the extent that assistance could have 
been provided under this section if such project had been approved 
pursuant to this section and adequate funds had been available. 
In 
the case of any project on which construction was initiated in such 
State after June 30, 1966, and which was constructed with assistance 
pursuant to this section but the amount of such assistance was a lesser 
per centum of the cost of construction than was allowable pursuant 
to this section, such allotments shall also be available for payments 
in reimbursement of State or local funds used for such project prior 
to July Ij 1971, to the extent that assistance could have been provided 
under this section if adequate funds had been available. 
Neither a 
finding by the Secretary that a project meets the requirements of this 
subsection, nor any other provision of this subsection, shall be con-
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79 Stat. 903, 
907. 
33 u s e 466e. 
Enforcement 
provisions. 
70 Stat. 504; 
79 Stat. 903,907. 
33 u s e 466g. 
36 Stat. 2448. 
62 Stat. 791. 
.strued to constitute a coniniitnient or obligation of the United States 
to provide funds to make or pay any grant for such project." 
SEC. 205. Subsection (d) of section 8 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act is amended by striking out "and $150,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending Jmie 30, 1967." and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "$150,(X)0,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; 
$450,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; $700,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969; $1,000,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1970; and $1,250,(K)0,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June30, 197L" 
SEC. 206. Set-tion 10(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act is amended by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as para-
graphs (3) and (4), respective'ly, and by inserting immediately after 
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: 
"(2) Whenever the Secretary, upon receipt of reports, surveys, or 
studies from any duly constituted international agency, has reason to 
believe that any j)ollution referred to in subsection (a) of tliis section 
which endangei's the health or welfare of persons in a foreign country 
is occurring, and the Secretary of State requests him to abate such 
])ollution, he shall give formal notification thereof to the State water 
pollution control agency of the State in which such discharge or dis-
charges originate and to the interstate water pollution control agency, 
if any, and shall call promptly a conference of such agency or agencies, 
if he believes that such pollution is occurring in sufficient quantity to 
warrant such action. 
The Secretary, through the Secretary of State, 
shall invite the foreign country which may be advereely affected by the 
pollution to attend and participate in the conference, and the repre-
sentative of such country shall, for the jmrpose of the conference and 
any further proceeding resulting from such conference, have all the 
rights of a State water i)ollution control agency. 
This paragraph 
shall apply only to a foreign country which the Secretary determines 
has given the United States essentially the same rights with respect to 
the prevention and control of water pollution occurring in that country 
as is given that country by this paragraph. 
Nothing in this paragrapli 
shall be construed to modify, amend, repeal, or otherwise affect the 
provisions of the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty between Canada and 
the LTnited States or the Water Utilization Treaty of 1944 between 
Mexico and the United States (59 Stat. 1219), relative to the control 
and abatement of water pollution in waters covered by those treaties." 
SEC. 207. Section l()(d) (3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (as redesignated by this Act) is amended by inserting after the 
first sentence thereof the following: "In addition, it shall be the respon-
sibility of the chairman of the conference to give every person con-
tributing to the alleged pollution or affected by it an opportunity to 
make a full statement of his views to the conference." 
SEC. 208. (a) Section 10 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"(k) (1) At the request of a majority of the conferees in any con-
ference called under this section the Secretary is authorized to request 
any person whose alleged activities result in discharges causing or 
contributing to water pollution, to file with him a report (in such form 
as may be prescribed in regulations promulgated by him) based on 
existing data, furnishing such information as may reasonably be 
requested as to the character, kind, and quantity of such discharges 
and the use of facilities or other means to prevent or reduce such dis-
charges by the person filing such a report. 
No person shall be required 
in such report to divulge trade secrets or secret processes, and all 
information reported shall be considered confidential for the purposes 
of section 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code. 
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. "(2) If any person required to iile any report under tliis subsection 
shall fail to do so within the time fixed by regulations for tiling the 
same, and such failure shall continue for thirty days after notice of 
such default, such person may, by order of a majority of the conferees, 
be subject to a forfeiture of $100 for each and every day of the continu-
ance of such failure which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury 
of the United States and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name 
of the United States brought in the district where such person has his 
principal oiRce or in any district in which he does business. The Secre-
tary may upon application therefor remit or mitigate any forfeiture 
provided for under this subsection and he shall have authority to 
determine the facts upon all such applications. 
"(3) It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, 
under the direction of the Attorney (xeneral of the I'nited States, to 
prosecute for the recovery of such forfeitures." 
(b) Subsection (f) of section 10 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act is amended (1) by striking out " ( f ) " and inserting in 7/staS^903°907 
lieu thereof "(f) (1)", (2) by inserting immediately after the third 
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sentence thereof the following: "It shall be the responsibility of the 
Hearing Board to give every person contributing to the alleged pol-
lution or affected by it an opportunity to make a full statement of 
his views to the Hearing Board.", and (3) by adding at the end thereof 
the following new paragraphs: 
"(2) In connection with any hearing called under this section the 
Secretary is authorized to require any person whose alleged activities 
result in discharges causing or contributing to water pollution to file 
with him, in such form as he may prescribe, a report based on existing 
data, furnishing such information as may reasonably be required as 
to the character, kind, and quantity of such discharges and the use 
of facilities or other means to prevent or reduce such discharges by 
the person filing such a report. 
Such report shall be made under 
oath or otherwise, as the Secretary may prescribe, and shall be filed 
with the Secretary within such reasonable period as the Secretary may 
prescribe, unless additional time be granted by the Secretary. 
No 
person sha;ll be required in such report to divulge trade secrets or 
secret processes, and all information reported shall be considered 
confidential for the purposes of section 1905 of title 18 of the United 
States Code. 
62stat. 791. 
"(3) If any person required to file any report under paragraph (2) 
of this subsection shall fail to do so within the time fixed by the Secre-
tary for filing the same, and such failure shall continue for thirty 
days after notice of such default, such person shall forefeit to the 
United States the sum of $100 for each and every day of the con-
tinuance of such failure, which forfeiture shall be payable into the 
Treasury of the United States, and shall be recoverable in a civil suit 
in the name of the United States brought in the district where such 
person has his principal office or in any district in which he does 
business. The Secretary may upon application therefor remit or 
mitigate any forfeiture provided for under this paragraph and he 
shallhave authority to determine the facts upon all such applications. 
"(4) It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, 
under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to 
l^rosecute for the recovery of such forfeitures." 
SEC. 209. Paragraph (f) of section 13 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act is amended by striking out the period at the end 7o^o.f!^Qn^,°^' 
tJiereoi and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and 
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an Indian tril>e or an authorized Indian tribal organization." 
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70 Stat. 507; 
79 Stat. Q03. 
33 u s e 466 note. 
Cost estimates. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Personnel re-
quirements. 
Report to Presi-
dent and Congress, 
Watercraft pollu-
tion study. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Incentive as-
sistance to in-
dustries. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Oil Pollution 
Act, 1924, revi-
sion. 
Definitions. 
SEC. 210. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 
is amended by renumbering existing section 16 as section 19 and by 
adding immediately after section 15 the following new sections: 
"SEC. 16. (a) In order to provide the basis for evaluating programs 
authorized by this Act, the development of new programs, and to fur-
nish the Congress with the information necessary for authorization of 
appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1968, the 
Secretary, in cooperation with State water pollution control agencies 
and other water pollution control planning agencies, shall make a 
detailed estimate of the cost of carrying out the provisions of this Act; 
a comprehensive study of the economic impact on affected units of 
government of the cost of installation of treatment facilities; and a 
comprehensive analysis of the national requirements for and the cost 
of treating municipal, industrial, and other effluent to attain such 
water quality standards as established pursuant to this Act or appli-
cable State law. 
The Secretary shall submit such detailed estimate 
and such comprehensive study of such cost for the five-year period 
beginning July 1, 1968, to the Congress no later than January 10, 
1968, such study to be updated each year thereafter. 
"(b) The Secretary shall also make a complete investigation and 
study to determine (1) the need for additional trained State and local 
personnel to carry out programs assisted pursuant to this Act and 
other programs for the same purpose as this Act, and (2) means of 
using existing Federal training programs to train such personnel. 
He 
shall report the results of such investigation and study to the Presi-
dent and the Congress not later than July 1,1967. 
"SEC. 17. The Secretary of the Interior shall, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operatmg, the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare, and the Secretary of Commerce, conduct a full and complete 
investigation and study of the extent of the pollution of all navigable 
waters of the United States from litter and sewage discharged, dumped, 
or otherwise deposited into such waters from watercraft using such 
waters, and methods of abating either in whole or in part such pollu-
tion. The Secretary shall submit a report of such investigation to 
Congress, together with his recommendations for any necessary legis-
lation, not later than July 1,1967. 
"SEC. 18. The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a full and 
complete investigation and study of methods for providing incentives 
designed to assist in the construction of facilities and works by indus-
try designed to reduce or abate water pollution. 
Such study shall 
include, but not be limited to, the possible use of tax incentives as well 
as other methods of financial assistance. In carrying out this study 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Treasury as well 
as the head of any other appropriate department or agency of the 
Federal Government. 
The Secretary shall report the results of such 
investigation and study, together with his recommendations, to the 
Congress not later than January 30, 1968." 
SEC. 211. (a) The Oil Pollution Act, 1924 (43 Stat. 604; 33 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.), is amended to read as follows: "That this Act may be cited 
as the 'Oil Pollution Act, 1924'. 
"SEC. 2. When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise 
requires— 
"(1) 'oil* means oil of any kind or in any fonn, including fuel 
oil, sludge, and oil refuse; 
" (2) 'person' means an individual, company, partJiership, corpo-
ration, or association; any owner, operator, master, officer, or 
employee of a vessel; and any officer, agent or employee of the 
United States; 
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"(3) 'discharge- means any grossly negligent, or willful spilling, 
leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, or emptying of oil; 
"(4) 'navigable waters of the United States' means all portions 
of the sea within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, 
and all inland waters navigable in fact; and 
"(6) 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior. 
"SEC. 3. (a) Except in case of emergency imperiling life or property. 
Prohibitions. 
or unavoidable accident, collision, or stranding, and except as other-
wise permitted by regulations prescribed by the Secretary as herein-
after authorized, it is unlawful for any person to discharge or permit 
the discharge from any boat or vessel of oil by any method, means, or 
manner into or upon the navigable waters of the United States, and 
adjoining shorelines of the United States. 
"(b) Any person discharging or permitting the discharge of oil 
from any boat or vessel, into or upon the navigable waters of the 
United States shall remove the same from the navigable w^aters of 
the United States, and .adjoining shorelines immediately. 
If such 
person fails to do so, the Secretary may remove the oil or may arrange 
for its removal, and such person shall be liable to the United States, 
in addition to the penalties prescribed in section 4 of this Act, for all 
costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Secretary in removing 
the oil from the navigable waters of the United States, and adjoining 
shorelines of the United States. These costs and expenses shall con-
stitute a lien on such boat or vessel w^hich may be recovered in pro-
ceedings by libel in rem. 
" (c) The Secretary may prescribe regulations which— 
"(1) permit the discharge of oil from boats or vessels in such 
quantities under such conditions, and at such times and places 
as in his opinion will not be deleterious to health or marine life 
or a menace to navigation, or dangerous to persons or property 
engaged in commerce on navigable waters of the United States; 
and 
"(2) relate to the removal or cost of removal, or both, of oil 
from the navigable waters of the United States, and adjoining 
shorelines of the United States. 
"SEC. 4. (a) Any person who violates section 3(a) of this Act 
Penalties. 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding 
$2,500, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such 
fine and imprisonment for each offense. 
"(b) Any boat or vessel other than a boat or vessel owmed and 
operated by the United States from which oil is discharged in violation 
of section 3(a) of this Act shall be liable for a penalty of not more 
than $10,000. Clearance of a boat or vessel liable for this penalty 
from a port of the United States may be withheld until the penalty 
is paid. The penalty shall constitute a lien on such boat or vessel 
which may be recovered in proceedings by libel in rem in the district 
court of the United States for any district within which such boat 
or vessel may be. 
Enforcement 
provisions. 
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"SEC. 5. The Commandant of the Coast Guard may, subject to the 
provisions of section 4450 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (46 
TJ.S.C. 239), suspend or revoke a license issued to the master or other 
licensed officer of .any boat or vessel found violating the provisions 
of section 3 of this Act. 
"SEC. 6. In the administration of this Act the Secretary may, with 
the consent of tlie Commandant of the Coast Guard or the Secretary 
of the Army, make use of the organization, equipment, and agencies, 
including engineering, clerical, and other personnel, employed by the 
Coast Guard or the Department of the Army, respectively, for the 
preservation and protection of navigable waters of the United States. 
For the better enforcement of the provisions of this Act, 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 of the Army, and persons employed by the Secretary, and 
officers of the Customs and Coast Guard of the United States shall 
have the power and authority and it shall be their duty to swear out 
process and to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, 
any person who may violate any of such provisions, except that no 
person shall be arrested without process for a violation not committed 
in the presence of some one of the aforesaid persons. Whenever any 
arrest is made under the provisions of this Act the person so arrested 
shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of 
the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him, 
and such commissioner, judge or court shall proceed in respect thereto 
as authorized by law in oases of crimes against the United States. 
"SEC. 7. This Act shall be in addition to other laws for the preserva-
tion and protection of navigable waters of the United States and shall 
not be construed as repealing, modifying, or in any manner affecting 
the provisions of such laws." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
take effect on the thirtieth day which begins after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
Approved November 3, 1966. 
Effective date.