Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships
Jimmy E. Carter on October 21, 1980 |
The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS, 33 U.S.C. §§1905-1915) is a
U.S. Coast Guard
.
APPS applies to all U.S.-flagged
ships anywhere in the world, and to all foreign-flagged vessels operating in navigable waters of the United States, or while at port under U.S. jurisdiction. The Coast Guard has primary responsibility to prescribe and enforce regulations necessary to implement APPS in these waters. The regulatory mechanism established in APPS to implement MARPOL is separate and distinct from the Clean Water Act and other federal environmental laws
.
The H.R. 6665 legislation was passed by the 96th U.S. Congressional session and signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter on October 21, 1980.[1]
See also
- Clean Water Act
- Merchant Marine Act of 1920
- Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006
- Regulation of ship pollution in the United States
References
- ^ Carter, Jimmy (October 21, 1980). "Act to Prevent Pollution From Ships ~ Statement on Signing H.R. 6665 Into Law, October 21, 1980". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. p. 2378.
- This article is based on a public domain Congressional Research Service report: Copeland, Claudia. "Cruise Ship Pollution: Background, Laws and Regulations, and Key Issues" (Order Code RL32450). Congressional Research Service (Updated February 6, 2008).
External links
- The Act online
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Jimmy Carter: "Oil Pollution of the Oceans Message to the Congress.," March 17, 1977". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Jimmy Carter: "Convention on Pollution From Ships Message to the Senate Transmitting the Convention.," March 22, 1977". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Jimmy Carter: "Convention on Pollution From Ships Message to the Senate Transmitting a Protocol to the Convention. ," January 19, 1979". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
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