Federal · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
33 U.S.C. § 1474: Federal intervention actions
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coordinate and direct all public and private efforts directed at the removal or elimination of the threatened pollution damage; 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 remove, and, if necessary, destroy the ship and cargo which is the source of the danger.
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