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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Toxic Substances Control Act · Sec. 17

Sec. 17. SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT AND SEIZURE

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## SEC. 17 SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT AND SEIZURE ###
(a)Specific Enforcement ####
(1)The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over civil actions to— #####
(A)restrain any violation of section 15 or 409, #####
(B)restrain any person from taking any action prohibited by section 5, 6, or title IV, or by a rule or order under section 5, 6, or title IV, #####
(C)compel the taking of any action required by or under this Act, or #####
(D)direct any manufacturer or processor of a chemical substance, mixture, or product subject to title IV manufactured or processed in violation of section 5, 6, or title IV, or a rule or order under section 5, 6, or title IV, and distributed in commerce,
(i)to give notice of such fact to distributors in commerce of such substance, mixture, or product and, to the extent reasonably ascertainable, to other persons in possession of such substance, mixture, or product or exposed to such substance, mixture, or product,
(ii)to give public notice of such risk of injury, and
(iii)to either replace or repurchase such substance, mixture, or product, whichever the person to which the requirement is directed elects. ####
(2)A civil action described in paragraph
(1)may be brought— #####
(A)in the case of a civil action described in subparagraph
(A)of such paragraph, in the United States district court for the judicial district wherein any act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation of section 15 occurred or wherein the defendant is found or transacts business, or #####
(B)in the case of any other civil action described in such paragraph, in the United States district court for the judicial district wherein the defendant is found or transacts business. In any such civil action process may be served on a defendant in any judicial district in which a defendant resides or may be found. Subpoenas requiring attendance of witnesses in any such action may be served in any judicial district. ###
(b)Seizure Any chemical substance, mixture, or product subject to title IV which was manufactured, processed, or distributed in commerce in violation of this Act or any rule promulgated or order issued under this Act or any article containing such a substance or mixture shall be liable to be proceeded against, by process of libel for the seizure and condemnation of such substance, mixture, product, or article, in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such substance, mixture, product, or article is found. Such proceeding shall conform as nearly as possible to proceedings in rem in admiralty. **[**[15 U.S.C. 2616](/us/usc/t15/s2616)**]**
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