15 CFR § 960.17 - Investigations and enforcement.

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title: "15 CFR § 960.17 - Investigations and enforcement."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "960.17"
section_name: "Investigations and enforcement."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICE"
part_number: "960"
part_name: "LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS"
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authority: "51 U.S.C. 60124."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 30806, May 20, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 960.17 Investigations and enforcement.

(a) The Secretary may investigate, provide penalties for noncompliance, and prevent future noncompliance, by using the authorities specified at 51 U.S.C. 60123(a).

(b) When the Secretary undertakes administrative enforcement proceedings as authorized by 51 U.S.C. 60123(a)(3) and (4), the parties will follow the procedures provided at 15 CFR part 904.