Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§1516 Judicial Review; Persons Aggrieved; Jurisdiction of Courts of Appeal
Title 33 › CHAPTER 29 — DEEPWATER PORTS › § 1516
Summary
You can ask the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit where the nearest adjacent coastal State is located to review the Secretary’s decision to issue, transfer, change, renew, suspend, or revoke a license. You must do this within 60 days of the decision. You are treated as “aggrieved” if you took part in the Secretary’s administrative process (or can show you missed it because the Secretary did not give required notice) and the decision harmed you.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §1516
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Any person suffering legal wrong, or who is adversely affected or aggrieved by the Secretary’s decision to issue, transfer, modify, renew, suspend, or revoke a license may, not later than 60 days after any such decision is made, seek judicial review of such decision in the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit within which the nearest adjacent coastal State is located. A person shall be deemed to be aggrieved by the Secretary’s decision within the meaning of this chapter if he—
(A)has participated in the administrative proceedings before the Secretary (or if he did not so participate, he can show that his failure to do so was caused by the Secretary’s failure to provide the required notice); and
(B)is adversely affected by the Secretary’s action.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 1516
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102