{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s3709","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3709.","heading":"Exemptions","text":"\u00a7\u202f3709.\nExemptions\nThe Secretary may exempt a vessel from the minimum requirements established by sections 3704\u20133706 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s3709.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3709","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3709."},{"t":"heading","text":"Exemptions"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary may exempt a vessel from the minimum requirements established by sections 3704\u20133706 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.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}