33 U.S.C. § 2734 : US Code - Section 2734: Vessel traffic service system

Search 33 U.S.C. § 2734 : US Code - Section 2734: Vessel traffic service system

The Secretary of Transportation shall within one year after
August 18, 1990 -
(1) acquire, install, and operate such additional equipment
(which may consist of radar, closed circuit television, satellite
tracking systems, or other shipboard dependent surveillance),
train and locate such personnel, and issue such final regulations
as are necessary to increase the range of the existing VTS system
in the Port of Valdez, Alaska, sufficiently to track the
locations and movements of tank vessels carrying oil from the
Trans-Alaska Pipeline when such vessels are transiting Prince
William Sound, Alaska, and to sound an audible alarm when such
tankers depart from designated navigation routes; and
(2) submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on
the feasibility and desirability of instituting positive control
of tank vessel movements in Prince William Sound by Coast Guard
personnel using the Port of Valdez, Alaska, VTS system, as
modified pursuant to paragraph (1).