Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 39 — Shore Protection from Municipal or Commercial Waste
§ 2609. Penalties
Statutory text
General penalty
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.
Operating without a permit
A 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.
Criminal penalty
Any 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.
Payments for information
The 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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Shore Protection Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–688 title IV § 4109 · 102 Stat. 4139
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2609
(Pub. L. 100–688, title IV, § 4109, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4158.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–688, title IV, § 4109, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4158.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4109. PENALTIES. (a) General Penalty.— Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person violating this title 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 Permit.— A person violating section 4102 of this Act 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 Penalty.— Any person that knowingly violates, or that knowingly aids, abets, authorizes, or instigates a violation of this title, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both. (d) Payments for Information.— The 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.
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