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[CITE: 49USC16101]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                        PART C--PIPELINE CARRIERS
 
                CHAPTER 161--CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES
 
Sec. 16101. General civil penalties

    (a) General.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, a 
pipeline carrier providing transportation subject to this part, an 
officer or agent of that carrier, or a receiver, trustee, lessee, or 
agent of one of them, knowingly violating this part or an order of the 
Board under this part is liable to the United States for a civil penalty 
of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Liability under this 
subsection is incurred for each distinct violation. A separate violation 
occurs for each day the violation continues.
    (b) Recordkeeping and Reporting.--
        (1) Records.--A person required under chapter 157 to make, 
    prepare, preserve, or submit to the Board a record concerning 
    transportation subject to this part that does not make, prepare, 
    preserve, or submit that record as required under that chapter, is 
    liable to the United States for a civil penalty of $500 for each 
    violation.
        (2) Inspection.--A carrier providing transportation subject to 
    this part, and a lessor, receiver, or trustee of that carrier, 
    violating section 15722, is liable to the United States for a civil 
    penalty of $100 for each violation.
        (3) Reports.--A carrier providing transportation subject to the 
    jurisdiction of the Board under this part, a lessor, receiver, or 
    trustee of that carrier, and an officer, agent, or employee of one 
    of them, required to make a report to the Board or answer a question 
    that does not make the report or does not specifically, completely, 
    and truthfully answer the question, is liable to the United States 
    for a civil penalty of $100 for each violation.
        (4) Continued violation.--A separate violation occurs for each 
    day violation under this subsection continues.

    (c) Venue.--Trial in a civil action under this section is in the 
judicial district in which the carrier has its principal operating 
office.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
930; amended Pub. L. 105-102, Sec. 2(16), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 
2205.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

                             Pub. L. 105-102

    This amends 49:16101 to redesignate subsection (d) as (c) because no 
subsection (c) was enacted.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11901 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 105-102 redesignated subsec. (d) as 
(c).


                             Effective Date

    Chapter effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. 
L. 104-88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under 
section 701 of this title.
