49 CFR § 196.209 - May other civil enforcement actions be taken?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s196.209"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 196.209 - May other civil enforcement actions be taken?"
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "196.209"
section_name: "May other civil enforcement actions be taken?"
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "196"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND PIPELINES FROM EXCAVATION ACTIVITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 60101 and 49 CFR 1.97."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 43866, July 23, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "196"
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# 196.209 May other civil enforcement actions be taken?
Whenever the Associate Administrator has reason to believe that a person has engaged, is engaged, or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of 49 U.S.C. 60101 *et seq.,* or any regulations issued thereunder, PHMSA, or the person to whom the authority has been delegated, may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the appropriate U.S. District Court for such relief as is necessary or appropriate, including mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief, interim equitable relief, civil penalties, and punitive damages as provided under 49 U.S.C. 60120.