§ 9121. Suspension, revocation, and termination of licenses

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.

1. 1980

   Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980

   Pub. L. 96–320 title I § 111 · 94 Stat. 974

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 9121

   Pub. L. 96–320, title I, § 111, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 988

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–320, title I, § 111, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 988

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 111. SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR TERMINATION OF LICENSE. (a) Whenever a licensee fails to comply with any applicable provision of this Act or any applicable rule, regulation, restriction, or condition issued or imposed by the Administrator under the authority of this Act, the Attorney General, at the request of the Administrator, shall file an action in the appropriate United States district court to— (1) suspend the License; or (2) if such failure is knowing and continues for a period of 30 days after the Administrator mails notification of such failure by registered letter to the licensee at his record post office address, revoke such license. No proceeding under this section is necessary if the license, by its terms, provides for automatic suspension or termination upon the occurrence of a fixed or agreed upon condition, event, or time. (b) If the Administrator determines that immediate suspension of the construction or operation of an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship or any component thereof is necessary to protect public health and safety or to eliminate imminent and substantial danger to the environment established by any treaty or convention, the Administrator may order the licensee to cease or alter such construction or operation pending the completion of a judicial proceeding pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

2. 1984

   Pub. L. 98–623 title VI § 602(e)(17) · 98 Stat. 3394

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 9121(b)

   Pub. L. 98–623 substituted “environment” for “environment established by any treaty or convention,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–623 substituted “environment” for “environment established by any treaty or convention,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (17) in section 111(b) by striking out “environment established by any treaty or convention,” and inserting in lieu thereof “environment”; and

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision