§ 710. Personnel and equipment
The Department shall establish and maintain at such ports within the territory and other places as it shall determine such employees and equipment, other than equipment furnished by the licensee, as in its judgment may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Department may employ and prescribe the duties of such […]
§ 711. Virgin Islands Coastal Protection Fund
(1) The Virgin Islands Coastal Protection Fund is established to be used by the Department as a revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The fund shall be limited to the sum of one million ($1,000,000) dollars. To this fund shall be credited all license fees, penalties and other fees and charges […]
§ 712. Liabilities of licensees
Because it is the intent of this chapter to provide the means for rapid and effective cleanup and to minimize damages, any licensee and its agents or servants, including vessels destined for or leaving a licensee’s terminal facility, who permits or suffers a prohibited discharge or other polluting condition to take place within territorial boundaries […]
§ 707. Regulatory powers of Department
The Department shall from time to time adopt, amend, repeal and enforce reasonable regulations insofar as they relate to oil in spills or discharges or the spills or discharges of other pollutants into the waters of this territory or onto the coasts of this territory. (1) The regulations shall be adopted in accordance with Title […]
§ 703. Definitions
When used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Department” means the Department of Planning and Natural Resources. (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources. (3) “Barrel” means forty-two (42) U.S. gallons at sixty degrees (60 degrees) fahrenheit. (4) “Other measurements” means measurements set by the […]
§ 704. Pollution and corruption of waters and lands of the territory prohibited
The discharge of oil, petroleum products or their by-products, and other pollutants into or upon any coastal waters, estuaries, tidal flats, beaches and land adjoining the seacoast of the territory are prohibited.
§ 705. Powers and duties of the Department
(1) The powers and duties conferred by this chapter shall be exercised by the Department and shall be deemed to be an essential governmental function in the exercise of the police power of the territory. The Department may call upon any other department or agency for consultative services and technical advice and the said agencies […]
§ 706. Operation without license prohibited
(1) No person shall operate or cause to be operated a terminal facility as defined in section 703(9) of this chapter without a license. (2) Licenses shall be issued on an annual basis and shall expire on December 31st annually, subject to such terms and conditions as the Department may determine are necessary to carry […]
§ 702. Legislative intent
(1) The Legislature finds and declares that the highest and best use of the waters and shorelines of this territory is as a source of public and private recreation. (2) The Legislature further finds and declares that the preservation of this use is a matter of the highest urgency and priority, and that such use […]