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title: "46 U.S.C. § 3709"
description: "Exemptions"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_name: "CARRIAGE OF LIQUID BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 3709"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 3709 - Exemptions
## Text
The Secretary may exempt a vessel from the minimum requirements established by sections 37043706 of this title for segregated ballast, crude oil washing, and dedicated clean ballast if the Secretary decides that shore-based reception facilities are a preferred method of handling ballast and that adequate facilities are readily available.
(Pub. L. 9889, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 524.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 370946:391a(7)(N) Section 3709 provides the Secretary with the authority to exempt certain minimum tanker requirements of sections 3704, 3705, and 3706 when shorebased reception facilities are a better way of handling ballast and when the facilities are adequate and readily available.