§ 825o. — Penalties for violations; applicability of section.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC825o]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12--FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
SUBCHAPTER III--LICENSEES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; PROCEDURAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 825o. Penalties for violations; applicability of section
(a) Statutory violations
Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to
be done any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared
to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any
act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or willfully
and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by
imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
(b) Rules violations
Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any rule,
regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the
Commission under authority of this chapter, or any rule or regulation
imposed by the Secretary of the Army under authority of subchapter I of
this chapter shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law,
be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine of not exceeding $500 for
each and every day during which such offense occurs.
(c) Applicability
This subsection \1\ shall not apply in the case of any provision of
section 824j, 824k, 824l, or 824m of this title or any rule or order
issued under any such provision.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``section''.
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(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, Sec. 316, as added Aug. 26, 1935, ch.
687, title II, Sec. 213, 49 Stat. 862; amended July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 102-486, title VII,
Sec. 725(a), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2920.)
Amendments
1992--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-486 added subsec. (c).
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
State Authorities; Construction
Nothing in amendment by Pub. L. 102-486 to be construed as affecting
or intending to affect, or in any way to interfere with, authority of
any State or local government relating to environmental protection or
siting of facilities, see section 731 of Pub. L. 102-486, set out as a
note under section 79 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Transfer of Functions
Federal Power Commission terminated and its functions, personnel,
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for
certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare.
Executive and administrative functions of Federal Power Commission,
with certain reservations, transferred to Chairman of such Commission,
with authority vested in him to authorize their performance by any
officer, employee, or administrative unit under his jurisdiction, by
Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175,
64 Stat. 1265, set out as a note under section 792 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 811 of this title; title 42
section 7172.
