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[CITE: 33USC2606]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
     CHAPTER 39--SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER I--SHORE PROTECTION
 
Sec. 2606. Subpena authority


(a) General authority

    In an investigation under this chapter, the attendance and testimony 
of witnesses, including parties in interest, and the production of any 
evidence may be compelled by subpena. The subpena authority granted by 
this section is coextensive with that of a district court of the United 
States, in civil matters, for the district in which the investigation is 
conducted.

(b) Subpena authority

    An official designated by the Secretary of Transportation or 
Administrator to conduct an investigation under this chapter may issue 
subpenas as provided in this section and administer oaths to witnesses.

(c) Failure to comply

    When a person fails to obey a subpena issued under this section, the 
district court of the United States for the district in which the 
investigation is conducted or in which the person failing to obey is 
found, shall on proper application issue an order directing that person 
to comply with the subpena. The court may punish as contempt any 
disobedience of its order.

(d) Witness fees

    A witness complying with a subpena issued under this section may be 
paid for actual travel and attendance at the rate provided for witnesses 
in the district courts of the United States.

(Pub. L. 100-688, title IV, Sec. 4106, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4157.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original ``this 
part'' and was translated as reading ``this title'' to reflect the 
probable intent of Congress.
