[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR13.25]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 13--INVESTIGATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C--Legal Enforcement Actions
 
Sec. 13.25  Injunctions.

    (a) Whenever it is determined that a person has engaged, or is about 
to engage, in any act or practice constituting a violation of the 
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, or any regulation or order issued under it 
for which the

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FAA exercises enforcement responsibility, or, with respect to the 
transportation or shipment by air of any hazardous materials, in any act 
or practice constituting a violation of the Hazardous Materials 
Transportation Act, or any regulation or order issued under it for which 
the FAA exercises enforcement responsibility, the Chief Counsel, the 
Assistant Chief Counsel, Enforcement, the Assistant Chief Counsel, 
Regulations, the Assistant Chief Counsel, Europe, Africa, and Middle 
East Area Office, each Regional Counsel, and the Aeronautical Center 
Counsel may request the United States Attorney General, or the delegate 
of the Attorney General, to bring an action in the appropriate United 
States District Court for such relief as is necessary or appropriate, 
including mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief, interim equitable 
relief, and punitive damages, as provided by section 1007 of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1487) and section 111(a) of the 
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1810).
    (b) Whenever it is determined that there is substantial likelihood 
that death, serious illness, or severe personal injury, will result from 
the transportation by air of a particular hazardous material before an 
order of compliance proceeding, or other administrative hearing or 
formal proceeding to abate the risk of the harm can be completed, the 
Chief Counsel, the Assistant Chief Counsel, Enforcement, the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Regulations, the Assistant Chief Counsel, Europe, Africa, 
and Middle East Area Office, each Regional Counsel, and the Aeronautical 
Center Counsel may bring, or request the United States Attorney General 
to bring, an action in the appropriate United States District Court for 
an order suspending or restricting the transportation by air of the 
hazardous material or for such other order as is necessary to eliminate 
or ameliorate the imminent hazard, as provided by section 111(b) of the 
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1810).

[Doc. No. 18884, 44 FR 63723, Nov. 5, 1979, as amended by Amdt. 13-19, 
54 FR 39290, Sept. 25, 1989; Amdt. 13-29, 62 FR 46866, Sept. 4, 1997]