33 U.S.C. § 1474 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 33. Navigation and Navigable Waters § 1474. Federal intervention actions

(1) coordinate and direct all public and private efforts directed at the removal or elimination of the threatened pollution damage;

(2) directly or indirectly undertake the whole or any part of any salvage or other action he could require or direct under subsection (1) of this section; and

(3) remove, and, if necessary, destroy the ship and cargo which is the source of the danger.