Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§1366 Appearance
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 26— - WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1366
Summary
Administrator must ask the AG to represent the U.S. in civil/criminal cases under this chapter; if the AG won't timely take a civil case, EPA attorneys will.
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Title 33, §1366
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Administrator shall request the Attorney General to appear and represent the United States in any civil or criminal action instituted under this chapter to which the Administrator is a party. Unless the Attorney General notifies the Administrator within a reasonable time, that he will appear in a civil action, attorneys who are officers or employees of the Environmental Protection Agency shall appear and represent the United States in such action.
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33 U.S.C. § 1366
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73