[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 20, Parts 300 to 399]
[Revised as of July 1, 2000]
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[CITE: 40CFR302.7]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                   CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                           AGENCY (Continued)
 
PART 302--DESIGNATION, REPORTABLE QUANTITIES, AND NOTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 302.7  Penalties.

    (a) Any person--
    (1) In charge of a vessel from which a hazardous substance is 
released, other than a federally permitted release, into or upon the 
navigable waters of the United States, adjoining shorelines, or into or 
upon the waters of the contiguous zone,
    (2) In charge of a vessel from which a hazardous substance is 
released, other than a federally permitted release, which may affect 
natural resources belonging to, appertaining to, or under the exclusive 
management authority of the United States (including resources under the 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976), and who is otherwise 
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States at the time of the 
release, or
    (3) In charge of a facility from which a hazardous substance is 
released, other than a federally permitted release, in a quantity equal 
to or greater than that reportable quantity determined under this part 
who fails to notify immediately the National Response Center as soon as 
he has knowledge of such release shall be subject to all of the 
sanctions, including criminal penalties, set forth in section 103 of the 
Act with respect to such failure to notify.
    (b) Notification received pursuant to this section or information 
obtained by the exploitation of such notification shall not be used 
against any such person in any criminal case, except a prosecution for 
perjury or for giving a false statement.
    (c) This section shall not apply to the application of a pesticide 
product registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act or to the handling and storage of such a pesticide 
product by an agricultural producer.