[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: 19CFR4.66b]



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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.  4.66b  Pollution of coastal and navigable waters.



    (a) If any Customs officer has reason to believe that any refuse 

matter is being or has been deposited in navigable waters or any 

tributary of any navigable waters in violation of section 13 of the Act 

of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1152; 33 U.S.C. 407), or oil or a hazardous 

substance is being or has been discharged into or upon the navigable 

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

waters of the contiguous zone in violation of the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, 1321), he shall 

promptly furnish to the port director a full report of the incident, 

together with the names of witnesses and, when practicable, a sample of 

the material discharged from the vessel in question.

    (b) The port director shall forward this report immediately, without 

recommendation, to the district commander of the Coast Guard district 

concerned and a copy of such report shall be furnished to Headquarters, 

U.S. Customs Service.



[T.D. 73-18, 38 FR 1587, Jan. 16, 1973, as amended by T.D. 82-28, 47 FR 

5226, Feb. 4, 1982]