Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-102
§16105 General Criminal Penalty When Specific Penalty Not Provided
Title 49 › SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART C — PIPELINE CARRIERS › CHAPTER 161 — CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES › § 16105
Summary
If no other criminal penalty applies, a pipeline carrier and its corporate officers or agents who willfully break the rules can be fined under Title 18, imprisoned for up to 2 years, or both. Each day the violation continues counts as a separate offense.
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Title 49, §16105
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When another criminal penalty is not provided under this chapter, a pipeline carrier providing transportation subject to this part, and when that carrier is a corporation, a director or officer of the corporation, or a receiver, trustee, lessee, or person acting for or employed by the corporation that, alone or with another person, willfully violates this part or an order prescribed under this part, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both. A separate violation occurs each day a violation of this part continues.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11914 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
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Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
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49 U.S.C. § 16105
Title 49, Transportation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102