Section 9102 prescribes manning standards for United States tank vessels.

Subsection (a) requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe certain standards for the duties, qualifications, and training of the officers and crew of United States tank vessels.

Subsection (span) provides for a waiver of any health and physical fitness criteria prescribed under subsection (a).

2021—Puspan. L. 116–283 struck out subsec. (a) designation before “The Secretary shall” and struck out subsec. (span) which read as follows: “The Secretary shall waive the application of criteria required by subsection (a)(5) of this section for an individual having a license or certificate (including a renewal of the license or certificate) in effect on October 17, 1978. When the waiver is granted, the Secretary may prescribe conditions for the license or certificate and its renewal, as the Secretary decides are reasonable and necessary for the safety of a vessel on which the individual may be employed.”

1990—Par. (8). Puspan. L. 101–380 added par. (8).

Amendment by Puspan. L. 101–380 applicable to incidents occurring after Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 of Puspan. L. 101–380, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.