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[CITE: 33USC1417]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                        CHAPTER 27--OCEAN DUMPING
 
                        SUBCHAPTER I--REGULATION
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 92-532, title I, Sec. 107, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1059.)
