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Alaska Statutes Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation § 46.03.481. Citizens' suits

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AS 46.03.460--46.03.490 do not apply to a commercial passenger vessel that operates in the marine waters of the state solely in innocent passage.  For purposes of this section, a vessel is engaged in innocent passage if its operation in marine waters of the state, regardless of whether the vessel is a United States or foreign-flag vessel, would constitute innocent passage under the

(1) Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, April 29, 1958, 15 U.S.T. 1606;  or

(2) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982, December 10, 1982, United Nations Publication No. E.83.V.5, 21 I.L.M. 1261 (1982), were the vessel a foreign-flag vessel.

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