Statement on Signing a
Bill Terminating Ocean Dumping of Sewage, Sludge, and Industrial Waste
November 18, 1988
I am signing S. 2030, which, together with the Medical Waste Tracking Act, represents
a significant step toward a cleaner and safer environment.
4202(b) of S. 2030 requires Title IV, The Shore Protection Act of 1988, to be
carried out with respect to foreign vessels in the territorial sea and
exclusive economic zone of the United States consistent with the
obligations of the United States under international
law. Consequently, The Shore Protection Act of 1988 should not be applied to
impair the rights of innocent passage and transit passage by foreign vessels in
the United States territorial sea, to impair the high seas freedom of
navigation by foreign vessels in the United States exclusive economic zone, or
in any other manner inconsistent with international law as reflected in the
applicable provisions of the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention.
November 18, 1988.
Note: S. 2030, approved
November 18, was assigned Public Law No. 100 - 688.