33 U.S. Code § 2761 - Oil pollution research and development program
There is established an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Interagency Committee”).
The Interagency Committee shall coordinate a comprehensive program of oil pollution research, technology development, and demonstration among the Federal agencies, in cooperation and coordination with industry, universities, research institutions, State governments, and other nations, as appropriate, and shall foster cost-effective research mechanisms, including the joint funding of research.
The Interagency Committee shall include representatives from the Coast Guard, the Department of Commerce (including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology), the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior (including the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service), the Department of Transportation (including the Maritime Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration), the Department of Defense (including the Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy), the Department of Homeland Security (including the United States Fire Administration in the Federal Emergency Management Agency), the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Arctic Research Commission, and such other Federal agencies the President may designate.
The Interagency Committee shall coordinate the establishment, by the agencies represented on the Interagency Committee, of a program for conducting oil pollution research and development, as provided in this subsection.
The United States Coast Guard, in conjunction with such agencies as the President may designate, shall conduct 4 port oil pollution minimization demonstration projects, one each with (A) the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, (B) the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, (C) the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, and (D) ports on the Great Lakes, for the purpose of developing and demonstrating integrated port oil pollution prevention and cleanup systems which utilize the information and implement the improved practices and technologies developed from the research, development, and demonstration program established in this section. Such systems shall utilize improved technologies and management practices for reducing the risk of oil discharges, including, as appropriate, improved data access, computerized tracking of oil shipments, improved vessel tracking and navigation systems, advanced technology to monitor pipeline and tank conditions, improved oil spill response capability, improved capability to predict the flow and effects of oil discharges in both the inner and outer harbor areas for the purposes of making infrastructure decisions, and such other activities necessary to achieve the purposes of this section.
Agencies represented on the Interagency Committee shall ensure the long-term use and operation of the Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (OHMSETT) Research Center in New Jersey for oil pollution technology testing and evaluations.
For each of the fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995, $6,000,000 of amounts in the Fund shall be available to carry out the regional research program in paragraph (8), such amounts to be available in equal amounts for the regional research program in each region; except that if the agencies represented on the Interagency Committee determine that regional research needs exist which cannot be addressed within such funding limits, such agencies may use their authority under paragraph (10) to make additional grants to meet such needs. For the purposes of this paragraph, the research program carried out by the Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute established under section 2731 of this title, shall not be eligible to receive grants under this paragraph until the authorization for funding under section 2736(b) of this title expires.
In carrying out the research and development program established under this subsection, the agencies represented on the Interagency Committee may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements and make grants to universities, research institutions, and other persons. Such contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants shall address research and technology priorities set forth in the oil pollution research plan under subsection (b).
In accordance with the research plan submitted under subsection (b), the Interagency Committee shall coordinate and cooperate with other nations and foreign research entities in conducting oil pollution research, development, and demonstration activities, including controlled field tests of oil discharges.
The Chairman of the Interagency Committee shall submit to Congress every 2 years on October 30 a report on the activities carried out under this section in the preceding 2 fiscal years, and on activities proposed to be carried out under this section in the current 2 fiscal year period.
This Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(8)(G), is Pub. L. 101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2701 of this title and Tables.
2016—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 114–120, § 319(a), substituted “Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,” for “Minerals Management Service” and inserted “the United States Arctic Research Commission,” after “National Aeronautics and Space Administration,”.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–120, § 319(b)(1), substituted “department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Department of Transportation” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(8)(A). Pub. L. 114–120, § 319(b)(2), substituted “(2010)” for “(1989)”.
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–241, § 902(l)(3), added pars. (3) and (4) and struck out former par. (3) and concluding provisions which read as follows:
“Membership.—The Interagency Committee shall include representatives from the Department of Commerce (including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology), the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior (including the Minerals Management Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service), the Department of Transportation (including the United States Coast Guard, the Maritime Administration, and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration), the Department of Defense (including the Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy), the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Fire Administration in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as such other Federal agencies as the President may designate.
A representative of the Department of Transportation shall serve as Chairman.”
Subsec. (c)(4)(B). Pub. L. 109–241, § 605(a)(1), substituted “RIVERA and the T/V ATHOS I,” for “RIVERA,”.
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 109–241, § 902(l)(4), substituted “such agencies as the President may designate,” for “other such agencies in the Department of Transportation as the Secretary of Transportation may designate,”.
2004—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 108–426, § 2(c)(5)(A), substituted “Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration” for “Research and Special Projects Administration”.
Subsec. (c)(11). Pub. L. 108–426, § 2(c)(5)(B), substituted “Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration” for “Research and Special Programs Administration”.
1996—Subsec. (c)(2)(D). Pub. L. 104–324, § 1108, inserted “, and the Center for Marine Training and Safety in Galveston, Texas” before semicolon at end.
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 4002(1). See 1990 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (c)(9). Pub. L. 104–324, § 1102(c)(2), inserted “until the authorization for funding under section 2736(b) of this title expires” before period at end.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 4002(2). See 1990 Amendment note below.
1990—Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 101–537, § 2002(1), and Pub. L. 101–646, § 4002(1), as amended by Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), made substantially identical amendments, substituting “4” for “3” and inserting cl. (D).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101–537, § 2002(2), and Pub. L. 101–646, § 4002(2), as amended by Pub. L. 104–332, amended subsec. (f) identically, substituting “$22,000,000” for “$21,250,000” in introductory provisions and “$3,000,000” for “$2,250,000” in par. (2).
The Minerals Management Service was abolished and functions divided among the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. See Secretary of the Interior Orders No. 3299 of May 19, 2010, and No. 3302 of June 18, 2010, and chapters II, V, and XII of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised by final rules of the Department of the Interior at 75 F.R. 61051 and 76 F.R. 64432.
For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security.
Functions of President under subsec. (a)(3) of this section delegated to Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating by section 8(h) of Ex. Ord. No. 12777, Oct. 18, 1991, 56 F.R. 54769, as amended, set out as a note under section 1321 of this title.
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