Public Law 92-532
E647558
Public Law 92-532 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute, commonly known as the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, that regulates ocean dumping and authorizes the designation of marine sanctuaries to protect coastal and ocean environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Law 92-532 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7112823 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 92-532 Context triple: [Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, publicLawNumber, Public Law 92-532]
-
A.
Public Law 95-523
Public Law 95-523 is the formal designation of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, a U.S. federal law aimed at promoting full employment, economic growth, and reasonable price stability.
-
B.
Public Law 93-112
Public Law 93-112 is the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies or receiving federal financial assistance.
-
C.
Public Law 92-463
Public Law 92-463 is the United States federal statute enacted in 1972 that established the Federal Advisory Committee Act, governing the creation and operation of federal advisory committees to ensure transparency and public involvement.
-
D.
Public Law 92-583
Public Law 92-583 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute that established the Coastal Zone Management Act, creating a national framework for protecting and managing the nation’s coastal resources in partnership with the states.
-
E.
Public Law 90-321
Public Law 90-321 is the 1968 federal statute better known as the Truth in Lending Act, which mandates clear disclosure of credit terms to protect consumers in credit transactions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 92-532 Target entity description: Public Law 92-532 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute, commonly known as the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, that regulates ocean dumping and authorizes the designation of marine sanctuaries to protect coastal and ocean environments.
-
A.
Public Law 95-523
Public Law 95-523 is the formal designation of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, a U.S. federal law aimed at promoting full employment, economic growth, and reasonable price stability.
-
B.
Public Law 93-112
Public Law 93-112 is the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies or receiving federal financial assistance.
-
C.
Public Law 92-463
Public Law 92-463 is the United States federal statute enacted in 1972 that established the Federal Advisory Committee Act, governing the creation and operation of federal advisory committees to ensure transparency and public involvement.
-
D.
Public Law 92-583
Public Law 92-583 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute that established the Coastal Zone Management Act, creating a national framework for protecting and managing the nation’s coastal resources in partnership with the states.
-
E.
Public Law 90-321
Public Law 90-321 is the 1968 federal statute better known as the Truth in Lending Act, which mandates clear disclosure of credit terms to protect consumers in credit transactions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ ocean dumping law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Environmental Protection Agency
ⓘ
NOAA ⓘ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
prevent or strictly limit ocean dumping that would adversely affect human health
ⓘ
prevent or strictly limit ocean dumping that would adversely affect marine ecosystems ⓘ protect the marine environment ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
U.S.-flagged vessels wherever located
ⓘ
United States contiguous zone ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. contiguous zone
United States ocean waters ⓘ United States territorial sea ⓘ |
| authorizes |
designation of marine sanctuaries
ⓘ
establishment of national marine sanctuaries ⓘ marine environmental research programs ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateEnacted | October 23, 1972 ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
Title I
ⓘ
Title II ⓘ Title III ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 92nd United States Congress ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | MPRSA ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ⓘ |
| hasShortName | Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act ⓘ |
| hasTitleName |
Title I – Ocean Dumping
ⓘ
Title II – Comprehensive Research on Ocean Dumping ⓘ Title III – Marine Sanctuaries ⓘ
linked to:
National Marine Sanctuaries Act
|
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| policyArea |
marine conservation
ⓘ
ocean policy ⓘ pollution control ⓘ |
| prohibits |
ocean dumping that unreasonably degrades or endangers human health or the marine environment
ⓘ
unpermitted ocean dumping ⓘ |
| providesFor |
civil penalties for violations of ocean dumping regulations
ⓘ
criminal penalties for certain willful violations ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | 92-532 ⓘ |
| regulates |
dumping of materials into ocean waters
ⓘ
ocean dumping ⓘ transportation of material for the purpose of ocean dumping ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Clean Water Act
ⓘ
Coastal Zone Management Act ⓘ
linked to:
Coastal Zone Management Act provisions
|
| requires | permits for ocean dumping of materials ⓘ |
| signedBy |
President of the United States
ⓘ
Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| statutesAtLargeCitation | 86 Stat. 1052 ⓘ |
| title | Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1972 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Law 92-532 Description of subject: Public Law 92-532 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute, commonly known as the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, that regulates ocean dumping and authorizes the designation of marine sanctuaries to protect coastal and ocean environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.