2010 US Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 39 - SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE
SUBCHAPTER I - SHORE PROTECTION
Sec. 2605 - Enforcement

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 39 - SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE
SUBCHAPTER I - SHORE PROTECTION
Sec. 2605 - Enforcement
Containssection 2605
Date2010
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 7, 2011
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 100-688, title IV, §4105, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4157.
Statutes at Large References102 Stat. 4157
120 Stat. 1709
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 100-688, Public Law 109-304


§2605. Enforcement (a) General authority

The Secretary of Transportation shall enforce this chapter under section 89 of title 14. The Secretary may authorize other officers or employees of the United States Government to enforce this chapter under that section.

(b) Periodic examinations

The Secretary shall conduct periodic examinations of vessels operating under this chapter transporting municipal or commercial waste to determine that each of these vessels has a permit issued under section 2602 of this title.

(c) Refusal of clearance

The Secretary of the Treasury may refuse the clearance required by section 60105 of title 46, to any vessel subject to this chapter which does not have a permit required under section 2602 of this title.

(d) Denial of entry and detention

If a vessel does not comply with this chapter, the Secretary of Transportation may—

(1) deny entry to any place in the United States; and

(2) detain at the place in the United States from which it is about to depart.

(e) Persistent violators

The Administrator shall conduct an investigation of the owner or operator of a vessel or facility if the owner has 5 or more separate violations during a 6-month period.

(Pub. L. 100–688, title IV, §4105, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4157.)

Codification

In subsec. (c), “section 60105 of title 46” substituted for “section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 91)” on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, §18(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted section 60105 of Title 46, Shipping.

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