2011 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 39 - SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE (§§ 2601 - 2623)
Subchapter I - SHORE PROTECTION (§§ 2601 - 2609)
Section 2609 - Penalties
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 39 - SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE SUBCHAPTER I - SHORE PROTECTION Sec. 2609 - Penalties |
| Contains | section 2609 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-688, title IV, §4109, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4158. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 102 Stat. 4158 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 100-688 |
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Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person violating this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. A vessel involved in the violation also is liable in rem for the penalty.
(b) Operating without a permitA person violating section 2602 of this title is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. A vessel involved in the violation also is liable in rem for the penalty.
(c) Criminal penaltyAny person that knowingly violates, or that knowingly aids, abets, authorizes, or instigates a violation of this chapter, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.
(d) Payments for informationThe court, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Administrator, as the case may be, may pay up to one-half of a fine or penalty to any person giving information leading to the assessment of the fine or penalty.
(Pub. L. 100–688, title IV, §4109, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4158.)
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