---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch28"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 28"
heading: "Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch28"
sections_count: 17
---

# Chapter 28 — Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

## Sections

- [§1471. Definitions](/usc/33/1471.md)
- [§1472. Grave and imminent danger from oil pollution casualties to coastline or related interests of United States; Federal nonliability for Federal preventive measures on the high seas](/usc/33/1472.md)
- [§1473. Consultations and determinations respecting creation of hazards to human health, etc.; criteria for determinations respecting grave and imminent dangers of major harmful consequences to United States coastline or related interests](/usc/33/1473.md)
- [§1474. Federal intervention actions](/usc/33/1474.md)
- [§1475. Consultation procedure](/usc/33/1475.md)
- [§1476. Emergencies](/usc/33/1476.md)
- [§1477. Reasonable measures; considerations](/usc/33/1477.md)
- [§1478. Personal, flag state, and foreign state considerations](/usc/33/1478.md)
- [§1479. Federal liability for unreasonable damages](/usc/33/1479.md)
- [§1480. Notification by Secretary of State](/usc/33/1480.md)
- [§1481. Violations; penalties](/usc/33/1481.md)
- [§1482. Consultation for nomination and nomination of experts, negotiators, etc.; proposal of amendments to list of substances other than convention oil; Presidential acceptance of amendments](/usc/33/1482.md)
- [§1483. Foreign government ships; immunity](/usc/33/1483.md)
- [§1484. Interpretation and administration; other right, duty, privilege, or immunity and other remedy unaffected](/usc/33/1484.md)
- [§1485. Rules and regulations](/usc/33/1485.md)
- [§1486. Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund](/usc/33/1486.md)
- [§1487. Effective date](/usc/33/1487.md)