{"data":{"id":"us/33-u.s.c.-1906","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 U.S.C. § 1906","heading":"Incidents involving ships","body":"(a) Requirement to report incidentThe master, person in charge, owner, charterer, manager, or operator of a ship involved in an incident shall report the incident in the manner prescribed by Article 8 of the Convention in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary for that purpose. (b) Requirement to report discharge, probable discharge, or presence of oilThe master or person in charge of—(1) a ship of United States registry or nationality, or operated under the authority of the United States, wherever located; (2) another ship while in the navigable waters of the United States; or (3) a sea port or oil handling facility subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, shall report a discharge, probable discharge, or presence of oil in the manner prescribed by Article 4 of the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, 1990 (adopted at London, November 30, 1990), in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary for that purpose.","path":["Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS","CHAPTER 33—PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc33@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:09Z","sha256":"e82b7168e8a825262e3264b233b57d2e1b7be3fbd1594faede11ef535751f1d8","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/33-u.s.c.-1905","next":"us/33-u.s.c.-1907"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}