Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§1366 Appearance
Title 33 › CHAPTER 26 — WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER V — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1366
Summary
The Administrator must ask the U.S. Attorney General to represent the United States in any civil or criminal case under this law when the Administrator is a party. If the Attorney General does not tell the Administrator within a reasonable time that he will handle a civil case, lawyers who are officers or employees of the Environmental Protection Agency must represent the United States in that civil case.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102