E.O. 12234 SOLAS Enforcement 19800905

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Citation: 45 Fed. Reg. 58801 1980

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R801
Federal Regter

Presidential Documents

Vol. 45, No. 174
Friday, September 5, 1980

Title 3-

Executive Order 12234 of September 3, 1980

The President

Enforcement of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of
the United States of America, and in order to implement the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1-101. The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, signed
at London on November 1,1974, and proclaimed by the President of the United
States on January 28, 1980 (TIAS 9700), entered into force for the United States
on May 25, 1980.
1-102. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Department in which the
Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Federal Communications Commission shall (a) perform those functions prescribed in the
Convention that are within their respective areas of responsibility, and (b)
cooperate and assist each other in carrying out those functions.
1-103. (a) The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is
operating, or the head of any other Executive agency authorized by law, shall
be responsible for the issuance of certificates as required by the Convention.
(b) If a certificate is to include matter that pertains to functioins vested by law
in another Executive agency, the issuing agency shall first ascertain from the
other Executive agency the decision regarding that matter. The decision of
that agency shall be final and binding on the issuing agency.
1-104. The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating
may use the services of the American Bureau of Shipping as long as that
Bureau is operated in complianc& with Section 25 of the Act of June 5, 1920, as
amended (46 U.S.C. 881], to perform the functions under the Convention. The
Secretary may also use the services of the National Cargo Bureau to perform
functions under Chapter VI (Carriage of Grain) of the Convention.
1-105. The Secretary of the Department in which 4he Coast Guard is operating
shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of the
Convention.
1-106. To the extent that the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea, 1974, replaces and abrogates the International Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea, 1960 (TIAS 5780), this Order supersedes Executive Order No.
11239 of July 31, 1965, entitled "Enforcement of the Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea, 1960."
1-107. Executive Order No. 10402 of October 30, 1952, entitled "Enforcement of
the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1948," is revoked.

TEWIEHOUSE,a--e,
September 3, 1980.
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