Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§442 Liability of officers of towing vessel

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE › § 442

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a ship's captain or engineer, or someone acting as one, knowingly tows a scow, boat, or other vessel carrying prohibited material to a place to dump or deposit it in the waters of any harbor covered by this law, or outside the areas the harbor supervisor allows, they will be guilty of violating section 441. If convicted, they will get the penalties listed in section 441 and the judge will also suspend or revoke their license for a time the judge decides.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §442

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Any and every master and engineer, or person or persons acting in such capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel, who shall knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any such prohibited matter to any point or place of deposit, or discharge in the waters of any harbor subject to this subchapter, or to any point or place elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the supervisor of the harbor, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of section 441 of this title, and shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided for offenses in violation of section 441 of this title, and shall also have his license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1958—Pub. L. 85–802 substituted “any harbor subject to this subchapter” for “the harbor of New York, or in its adjacent or tributary waters, or in those of Long Island Sound”, and struck out “hereinafter mentioned” after “supervisor of the harbor”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1958 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 85–802 effective on sixtieth day after Aug. 28, 1958, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85–802, set out as a note under section 441 of this title.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 442

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73