---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 2711"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "2711"
heading: "Consultation on removal actions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/2711"
units:
  - "Chapter 40 — Oil Pollution"
  - "Subchapter I — Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation"
---

# §2711. Consultation on removal actions


The President shall consult with the affected trustees designated under [section 2706 of this title](/usc/33/2706.md) on the appropriate removal action to be taken in connection with any [discharge](/usc/33/2701.md?p=7) of [oil](/usc/33/2701.md?p=23). For the purposes of the [National Contingency Plan](/usc/33/2701.md?p=19), removal with respect to any [discharge](/usc/33/2701.md?p=7) shall be considered completed when so determined by the President in consultation with the Governor or Governors of the affected States. However, this determination shall not preclude additional removal actions under applicable State law.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1011, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.)

## Notes

### Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

Functions of President under this section delegated to Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency for inland zone and to Secretary of Department in which Coast Guard is operating for coastal zone by section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 12777, Oct. 18, 1991, 56 F.R. 54757, set out as a note under section 1321 of this title.