Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§1366 Appearance
Title 33 › Chapter 26— WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter V— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1366
Summary
EPA must ask the Attorney General to act for the United States in cases under this chapter; if he doesn't respond in time for a civil case, EPA lawyers will.
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Title 33, §1366
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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 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60