§7270b — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can make rules that stop people from bringing weapons, explosives, or other dangerous items that could cause serious harm onto Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites and related property. The Secretary must put clear signs on the property saying those rules apply. Anyone who knowingly breaks those rules can be charged with a misdemeanor and face a fine of up to $5,000, up to one year in jail, or both.

Title 42, §7270b

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(a)The Secretary may issue regulations relating to the entry upon or carrying, transporting, or otherwise introducing or causing to be introduced any dangerous weapon, explosive, or other dangerous instrument or material likely to produce substantial injury or damage to persons or property into or onto the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, its storage or related facilities, or real property subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the custody of the Secretary under part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231–6247). The Secretary shall post conspicuously, on the property subject to the regulations, notification that the property is subject to the regulations.

(b)Whoever willfully violates a regulation of the Secretary issued under subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished upon conviction by a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

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References in Text

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 94–163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 871. Part B of title I of the Act is classified generally to part B (§ 6231 et seq.) of subchapter I of chapter 77 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 6201 of this title and Tables.

§7270b Trespass on Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities