33 U.S.C. § 1441 : US Code - Section 1441: Monitoring and research program

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1441 : US Code - Section 1441: Monitoring and research program

The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of
the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating and with the
Administrator shall, within six months of October 23, 1972,
initiate a comprehensive and continuing program of monitoring and
research regarding the effects of the dumping of material into
ocean waters or other coastal waters where the tide ebbs and flows
or into the Great Lakes or their connecting waters.