33 C.F.R. § 151.1518 Penalties for failure to conduct ballast water management.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
(a) A person who violates this subpart is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $27,500. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation. A vessel operated in violation of the regulations is liable in rem for any civil penalty assessed under this subpart for that violation. (b) A person who knowingly violates the regulations of this subpart is guilty of a class C felony. [USCG–2002–13147, 69 FR 32869, June 14, 2004]
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 151—VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER
Subpart C—Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species in the Great Lakes and Hudson River
§ 151.1518 Penalties for failure to conduct ballast water management.
