15 CFR § 904.302 - Notice of permit sanction (NOPS).
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s904.302"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 904.302 - Notice of permit sanction (NOPS)."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "904.302"
section_name: "Notice of permit sanction (NOPS)."
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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# 904.302 Notice of permit sanction (NOPS).
(a) Service of a NOPS against a permit issued to a foreign fishing vessel will be made on the agent authorized to receive and respond to any legal process for vessels of that country.
(b) The NOPS will set forth the permit sanction to be imposed, the bases for the permit sanction, and any opportunity for a hearing. It will state the effective date of the permit sanction, which will ordinarily not be earlier than 30 days after the date of receipt of the NOPS (see § 904.322).
(c) Upon demand by an authorized enforcement officer, a permit holder must surrender a permit against which a permit sanction has taken effect. The effectiveness of the permit sanction, however, does not depend on surrender of the permit.
[71 FR 12448, Mar. 10, 2006, as amended at 87 FR 38941, June 30, 2022]