[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR4.66a]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 4_VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  4.66a  Illegal discharge of oil and hazardous substances.



    If a port director receives a request from an officer of the U.S. 

Coast Guard to withhold clearance of a vessel whose owner or operator is 

subject to a civil penalty for discharging oil or a hazardous substance 

into or upon the navigable waters of the United States, adjoining 

shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone in 

quantities determined to be harmful by appropriate authorities, such 

clearance shall not be granted until the port director is informed that 

a bond or other surety satisfactory to the Coast Guard has been filed.



[T.D. 82-28, 47 FR 5226, Feb. 4, 1982]