15 CFR § 904.301 - Bases for permit sanctions or denials.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s904.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 904.301 - Bases for permit sanctions or denials."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "904.301"
section_name: "Bases for permit sanctions or denials."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "904"
part_name: "CIVIL PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801 16 U.S.C. 1531 16 U.S.C. 1361 16 U.S.C. 3371 16 U.S.C. 1431 16 U.S.C. 6901 16 U.S.C. 773 16 U.S.C. 951 16 U.S.C. 5001 16 U.S.C. 3631 42 U.S.C. 9101 30 U.S.C. 1401 16 U.S.C. 971 16 U.S.C. 781 16 U.S.C. 2431 16 U.S.C. 972 16 U.S.C. 916 16 U.S.C. 1151 16 U.S.C. 3601 16 U.S.C. 1851 note; 15 U.S.C. 330 16 U.S.C. 2461 16 U.S.C. 5101 16 U.S.C. 1371 16 U.S.C. 3601 16 U.S.C. 1822 note, 16 U.S.C. 4001 16 U.S.C. 5501 16 U.S.C. 5601 16 U.S.C. 973 16 U.S.C. 1827a, 16 U.S.C. 7701 16 U.S.C. 7801 16 U.S.C. 1826g, 51 U.S.C. 60101 16 U.S.C. 7001 16 U.S.C. 7401 16 U.S.C. 2401 16 U.S.C. 1826k note, 1857 note, 22 U.S.C. 1980, Pub. L. 116-340, 134 Stat. 5128."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 12448, Mar. 10, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "904"
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# 904.301 Bases for permit sanctions or denials.
(a) Unless otherwise specified in a settlement agreement, or otherwise provided by statutes or in this subpart, NOAA may sanction any permit issued under the statutes cited in § 904.1(c). The bases for an action to sanction or deny a permit include the following:
(1) Violation of any statute administered by NOAA, including violation of any regulation promulgated or permit condition or restriction prescribed thereunder, by the permit holder/applicant or with the use of a permitted vessel;
(2) The failure to pay a civil penalty imposed under any marine resource law administered by NOAA;
(3) The failure to pay a criminal fine imposed or to satisfy any other liability incurred in a judicial proceeding under any of the statutes administered by NOAA; or
(4) The failure to pay any amount in settlement of a civil forfeiture imposed on a vessel or other property.
(b) A sanction may be applied to a permit involved in the underlying violation, as well as to any permit held or sought by the permit holder/applicant, including permits for other vessels. (See, e.g., 16 U.S.C. 1858(g)(1)(i)).
(c) A permit sanction may not be extinguished by sale or transfer. A vessel's permit sanction is not extinguished by sale or transfer of the vessel, nor by dissolution or reincorporation of a vessel owner corporation, and shall remain with the vessel until lifted by NOAA.
[87 FR 38941, June 30, 2022]