§ 1350. Remedies and penalties
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(a)Injunctions, restraining orders, etc. At the request of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Army, or the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Attorney General or a United States attorney shall institute a civil action in the district court of the United States for the district in which the affected operation is located for a temporary restraining order, injunction, or other appropriate remedy to enforce any provision of this subchapter, any regulation or order issued under this subchapter, or any term of a lease, license, or permit issued pursuant to this subchapter.
(b)Civil penalties; hearing
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), if any person fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter, or any term of a lease, license, or permit issued pursuant to this subchapter, or any regulation or order issued under this subchapter, after notice of such failure and expiration of any reasonable period allowed for corrective action, such person shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $20,000 for each day of the continuance of such failure. The Secretary may assess, collect, and compromise any such penalty. No penalty shall be assessed until the person charged with a violation has been given an opportunity for a hearing. The Secretary shall, by regulation at least every 3 years, adjust the penalty specified in this paragraph to reflect any increases in the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city average) as prepared by the Department of Labor.
(2)If a failure described in paragraph
(1)constitutes or constituted a threat of serious, irreparable, or immediate harm or damage to life (including fish and other aquatic life), property, any mineral deposit, or the marine, coastal, or human environment, a civil penalty may be assessed without regard to the requirement of expiration of a period allowed for corrective action.
(c)Criminal penalties Any person who knowingly and willfully
(1)violates any provision of this subchapter, any term of a lease, license, or permit issued pursuant to this subchapter, or any regulation or order issued under the authority of this subchapter designed to protect health, safety, or the environment or conserve natural resources,
(2)makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this subchapter,
(3)falsifies, tampers with, or renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method of record required to be maintained under this subchapter, or
(4)reveals any data or information required to be kept confidential by this subchapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $100,000, or by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both. Each day that a violation under clause
(1)of this subsection continues, or each day that any monitoring device or data recorder remains inoperative or inaccurate because of any activity described in clause
(3)of this subsection, shall constitute a separate violation.
(d)Liability of corporate officers and agents for violations by corporation Whenever a corporation or other entity is subject to prosecution under subsection
(c)of this section, any officer or agent of such corporation or entity who knowingly and willfully authorized, ordered, or carried out the proscribed activity shall be subject to the same fines or imprisonment, or both, as provided for under subsection
(c)of this section.
(e)Concurrent and cumulative nature of penalties The remedies and penalties prescribed in this subchapter shall be concurrent and cumulative and the exercise of one shall not preclude the exercise of the others. Further, the remedies and penalties prescribed in this subchapter shall be in addition to any other remedies and penalties afforded by any other law or regulation.
(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, § 24, as added Pub. L. 95–372, title II, § 208, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 659; amended Pub. L. 101–380, title VIII, § 8201, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 570.)
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- Public Law 101–380To establish limitations on liability for damages resulting from oil pollution, to establish a fund for the payment of compensation for such damages, and for other purposes
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- Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, § 24
- Pub. L. 95–372, title II, § 208
- 92 Stat. 659
- Pub. L. 101–380, title VIII, § 8201
- 104 Stat. 570
- Pub. L. 101–380
- section 1020 of Pub. L. 101–380
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ActAug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, § 24
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–372, title II, § 208
Stat.92 Stat. 659
Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–380, title VIII, § 8201
Stat.104 Stat. 570
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