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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1417. Enforcement
(a) Utilization of other departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities
The Administrator or the Secretary, as the case may be, may,
whenever appropriate, utilize by agreement, the personnel, services
and facilities of other Federal departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities, or State agencies or instrumentalities, whether
on a reimbursable or a nonreimbursable basis, in carrying out his
responsibilities under this subchapter.
(b) Delegation of review and evaluation authority
The Administrator or the Secretary may delegate responsibility
and authority for reviewing and evaluating permit applications,
including the decision as to whether a permit will be issued, to an
officer of his agency, or he may delegate, by agreement, such
responsibility and authority to the heads of other Federal
departments or agencies, whether on a reimbursable or
nonreimbursable basis.
(c) Surveillance and other enforcement activity
The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is
operating shall conduct surveillance and other appropriate
enforcement activity to prevent unlawful transportation of material
for dumping, or unlawful dumping. Such enforcement activity shall
include, but not be limited to, enforcement of regulations issued
by him pursuant to section 1418 of this title, relating to safe
transportation, handling, carriage, storage, and stowage. The
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating
shall supply to the Administrator and to the Attorney General, as
appropriate, such information of enforcement activities and such
evidentiary material assembled as they may require in carrying out
their duties relative to penalty assessments, criminal
prosecutions, or other actions involving litigation pursuant to the
provisions of this subchapter.
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