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AS 46.03.487: Exemption for vessels in innocent passage.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation.
- Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation.
- Article 8. Commercial Passenger Vessel Environmental Compliance Program.
AS 46.03.460 — 46.03.490 do not apply to a commercial passenger vessel that operates in the marine waters of the state solely in innocent passage. For purposes of this section, a vessel is engaged in innocent passage if its operation in marine waters of the state, regardless of whether the vessel is a United States or foreign-flag vessel, would constitute innocent passage under the
(1) Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, April 29, 1958, 15 U.S.T. 1606; or
(2) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982, December 10, 1982, United Nations Publication No. E.83.V.5, 21 I.L.M. 1261 (1982), were the vessel a foreign-flag vessel.
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