33 U.S.C. § 441 — Deposit of refuse prohibited; penalty

submitted 138 years ago by ch. 496 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 169 words · no verdicts yet

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This law bans dumping waste into certain harbor waters. No one may dump refuse, mud, sludge, or acid into these regulated harbors. Violators face a fine of $250 to $2,500, 30 days to a year in prison, or both.

This section bans dumping waste into certain regulated harbor waters. It's strictly forbidden to place, discharge, or deposit — by any process or in any way — refuse, dirt, ashes, cinders, mud, sand, dredgings, sludge, acid, or any other kind of matter into the waters of a harbor covered by this subchapter. This applies within whatever limits the harbor's supervisor has set. There's one exception: matter that flows from streets and sewers, and passes through them in liquid form, is not covered by this ban. Every violation is a misdemeanor. Anyone who commits, aids, abets, authorizes, or instigates a violation can be punished, upon conviction, by a fine, imprisonment, or both. The fine must be at least $250 but no more than $2,500. The prison term must be at least thirty days but no more than one year — either penalty, or both, at the judge's discretion. Half of any fine collected goes to whoever gave the information that led to the conviction.

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The placing, discharging, or depositing, by any process or in any manner, of refuse, dirt, ashes, cinders, mud, sand, dredgings, sludge, acid, or any other matter of any kind, other than that flowing from streets, sewers, and passing therefrom in a liquid state, in the waters of any harbor subject to this subchapter, within the limits which shall be prescribed by the supervisor of the harbor, is strictly forbidden, and every such act is made a misdemeanor, and every person engaged in or who shall aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of this section, shall, upon conviction, be punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, such fine to be not less than $250 nor more than $2,500, and the imprisonment to be not less than thirty days nor more than one year, either or both united, as the judge before whom conviction is obtained shall decide, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction of this misdemeanor.

Source credit: (June 29, 1888, ch. 496, § 1, 25 Stat. 209; Pub. L. 85–802, § 1(1), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 970.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1888Enacted · Act of June 29, 1888, ch. 496 · 25 Stat. 209
1958Amended · Pub. L. 85-802 · 72 Stat. 970

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