2014 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 40 - Oil Pollution (Sections 2701 - 2762)
Subchapter I - Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation (Sections 2701 - 2720)
Sec. 2716a - Financial responsibility civil penalties
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 40 - OIL POLLUTION SUBCHAPTER I - OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION Sec. 2716a - Financial responsibility civil penalties |
| Contains | section 2716a |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-380, title IV, §4303, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 539. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 104 Stat. 539 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 101-380 |
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Any person who, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, is found to have failed to comply with the requirements of section 2716 of this title or the regulations issued under that section, or with a denial or detention order issued under subsection (c)(2) 1 of that section, shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty, not to exceed $25,000 per day of violation. The amount of the civil penalty shall be assessed by the President by written notice. In determining the amount of the penalty, the President shall take into account the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, the degree of culpability, any history of prior violation, ability to pay, and such other matters as justice may require. The President may compromise, modify, or remit, with or without conditions, any civil penalty which is subject to imposition or which had been imposed under this paragraph. If any person fails to pay an assessed civil penalty after it has become final, the President may refer the matter to the Attorney General for collection.
(b) JudicialIn addition to, or in lieu of, assessing a penalty under subsection (a) of this section, the President may request the Attorney General to secure such relief as necessary to compel compliance with this 2 section 2716 of this title, including a judicial order terminating operations. The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to grant any relief as the public interest and the equities of the case may require.
(Pub. L. 101–380, title IV, §4303, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 539.)
CODIFICATIONSection was not enacted as part of title I of Pub. L. 101–380 which comprises this subchapter.
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONSSpecific functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Department in which Coast Guard is operating and Secretary of the Interior by section 5(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 12777, Oct. 18, 1991, 56 F.R. 54765, as amended, set out as a note under section 1321 of this title.
1 So in original. Probably should be "subsection (b)(2)".
2 So in original. The word "this" probably should not appear.
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