40 CFR § 139.3 - Other Federal laws.

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title: "40 CFR § 139.3 - Other Federal laws."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "139.3"
section_name: "Other Federal laws."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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part_name: "DISCHARGES INCIDENTAL TO THE NORMAL OPERATION OF VESSELS"
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# 139.3 Other Federal laws.

(a) Except as expressly provided in this part, nothing in this part affects the applicability to a vessel of any other provision of Federal law, including:

(1) Sections 311 and 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321 *et seq.* and 33 U.S.C. 1322 *et seq.*), also known as the CWA;

(2) The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 *et seq.*);

(3) Title X of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (33 U.S.C. 3801 *et seq.*), also known as the Clean Hulls Act;

(4) The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 *et seq.*); and

(5) The National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 *et seq.*) and implementing regulations found at 15 CFR part 922 and 50 CFR part 404.

(b) Nothing in this part affects the authority of the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior to administer any land or waters under the administrative control of the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior, respectively.

(c) Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect, supersede, or relieve the master of any otherwise applicable requirements or prohibitions associated with a vessel's right to innocent passage as provided for under customary international law.