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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§2605 Enforcement

Title 33 › Chapter 39— SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE › Subchapter I— SHORE PROTECTION › § 2605

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Transportation must enforce these rules and can let other federal officers or employees do the enforcement. The Secretary must regularly check vessels that carry municipal or commercial waste to make sure each one has the required permit. The Secretary of the Treasury may refuse the official clearance a vessel needs if it does not have that permit. If a vessel breaks the rules, the Secretary of Transportation can refuse it entry to any place in the United States and can hold it at the U.S. port it is about to leave. The Administrator must investigate an owner or operator when the owner has 5 or more separate violations during a 6-month period.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §2605

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(a)The Secretary of Transportation shall enforce this chapter under section 89 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14. The Secretary may authorize other officers or employees of the United States Government to enforce this chapter under that section.
(b)The Secretary shall conduct periodic examinations of vessels operating under this chapter transporting municipal or commercial waste to determine that each of these vessels has a permit issued under section 2602 of this title.
(c)The Secretary of the Treasury may refuse the clearance required by section 60105 of title 46, to any vessel subject to this chapter which does not have a permit required under section 2602 of this title.
(d)If a vessel does not comply with this chapter, the Secretary of Transportation may—
(1)deny entry to any place in the United States; and
(2)detain at the place in the United States from which it is about to depart.
(e)The Administrator shall conduct an investigation of the owner or operator of a vessel or facility if the owner has 5 or more separate violations during a 6-month period.

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References in Text

Section 89 of title 14, referred to in subsec. (a), was redesignated section 522 of title 14 by Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200, and reference to section 89 of title 14 deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see section 123(b)(1) of Pub. L. 115–282, set out as a References to Sections of Title 14 as Redesignated by Pub. L. 115–282 note preceding section 101 of Title 14, Coast Guard. Codification In subsec. (c), “section 60105 of title 46” substituted for “section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 91)” on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, § 18(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted section 60105 of Title 46, Shipping.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 2605

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60