33 U.S.C. § 1474

Federal intervention actions

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Upon a determination under section 1472 of this title of a grave and imminent danger to the coastline or related interests of the United States, the Secretary may—(1) coordinate and direct all public and private efforts directed at the removal or elimination of the threatened pollution damage;(2) directly or indirectly undertake the whole or any part of any salvage or other action he could require or direct under subsection (1) of this section; and(3) remove, and, if necessary, destroy the ship and cargo which is the source of the danger.(Pub. L. 93–248, § 5, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1993–1993 · leading case: United States v. M/V Santa Clara I, 819 F. Supp. 507 (D.S.C. 1993).

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United States v. M/V Santa Clara I, 819 F. Supp. 507 (D.S.C. 1993). “§ 1321 (c), and section 5 of the Intervention on the High Seas Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1474 . Although defendants objected to the government’s risk assessment of the arsenic trioxide to the ocean environment, they conducted the mission of locating and recovering the arsenic trioxide…”

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