15 CFR § 904.1 - Purpose and scope.

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title: "15 CFR § 904.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "904.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "904"
part_name: "CIVIL PROCEDURES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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# 904.1 Purpose and scope.

(a) This part sets forth the procedures governing NOAA's administrative proceedings for assessment of civil penalties, suspension, revocation, modification, or denial of permits, issuance and use of written warnings, and release or forfeiture of seized property.

(b) This subpart defines terms appearing in this part and sets forth rules for the filing and service of documents in administrative proceedings covered by this part.

(c) The following statutes authorize NOAA to assess civil penalties, impose permit sanctions, issue written warnings, and/or seize and forfeit property in response to violations of those statutes:

(1) Anadromous Fish Products Act, 16 U.S.C. 1822 note;

(2) Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2401 *et seq.;*

(3) Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984, 16 U.S.C. 2431 *et seq.;*

(4) Antarctic Mineral Resources Protection Act of 1990, 16 U.S.C. 2461 *et seq.;*

(5) Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 5101 *et seq.;*

(6) Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 3601 *et seq.;*

(7) Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 1851 note;

(8) Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, 16 U.S.C. 971 *et seq.;*

(9) Billfish Conservation Act of 2012, 16 U.S.C. 1827a;

(10) DESCEND Act of 2020, Public Law 116-340, 134 Stat. 5128;

(11) Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, 30 U.S.C. 1401 *et seq.;*

(12) Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, 16 U.S.C. 1371 *et seq.;*

(13) Driftnet Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act, 16 U.S.C. 1822 note;

(14) Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984, 16 U.S.C. 972 *et seq.;*

(15) Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.;*

(16) Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, 16 U.S.C. 7701 *et seq.* (North Pacific), 16 U.S.C. 7801 *et seq.* (South Pacific);

(17) Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986, 16 U.S.C. 4001 *et seq.;*

(18) Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967, 22 U.S.C. 1980;

(19) Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983, 16 U.S.C. 1151 *et seq.;*

(20) High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1826g;

(21) High Seas Fishing Compliance Act, 16 U.S.C. 5501 *et seq.;*

(22) Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, 16 U.S.C. 3371 *et seq.;*

(23) Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, as amended, 51 U.S.C. 60101 *et seq.;*

(24) Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.;*

(25) Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 16 U.S.C. 1361 *et seq.;*

(26) National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1431 *et seq.;*

(27) North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Convention Act of 1992, 16 U.S.C. 5001 *et seq.;*

(28) Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773 *et seq.;*

(29) Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, 16 U.S.C. 5601 *et seq.;*

(30) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9101 *et seq.;*

(31) Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C. 3631 *et seq.;*

(32) Pacific Whiting Act of 2006, 16 U.S.C. 7001 *et seq.;*

(33) Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015, 16 U.S.C. 7401 *et seq.;*

(34) Shark Conservation Act of 2010, 16 U.S.C. 1826k note, 1857 note;

(35) South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, 16 U.S.C. 973 *et seq.;*

(36) Sponge Act, 16 U.S.C. 781 *et seq.;*

(37) Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, 16 U.S.C. 951 *et seq.;*

(38) Weather Modification Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 330 *et seq.;*

(39) Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, 16 U.S.C. 6901 *et seq.;* and

(40) Whaling Convention Act of 1949, 16 U.S.C. 916 *et seq.*

(d) The procedures set forth in this part are intended to apply to administrative proceedings under these and any other statutes or authorities administered by NOAA.

[71 FR 12448, Mar. 10, 2006, as amended at 87 FR 38935, June 30, 2022]