46 CFR § 307.19 - Penalties.

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title: "46 CFR § 307.19 - Penalties."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "307.19"
section_name: "Penalties."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM"
part_number: "307"
part_name: "ESTABLISHMENT OF MANDATORY POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM FOR VESSELS"
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authority: "Pub. L. 109-304; 46 U.S.C. 50113; Pub. L. 114-74; 49 CFR 1.93."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 18329, May 19, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 307.19 Penalties.

The owner or operator of a vessel in the waterborne foreign commerce of the United States is subject to a penalty of $166 for each day of failure to file an AMVER report required by this part. Such penalty shall constitute a lien upon the vessel, and such vessel may be libeled in the district court of the United States in which the vessel may be found.

[89 FR 106293, Dec. 30, 2024]