Prohibited acts
United States Code
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- 2023Hueter v. AST Telecomm LLC D. Haw.
- 2022Town of Southold v. Wheeler 2d Cir.
- 2020Rosado v. Pruitt E.D.N.Y
- 1999United States v. West Indies Transport Co. D.V.I.
- 1998United States v. West Indies Transport Co., Inc. D.V.I.
- 1997United States v. West Indies Transport, Inc. 3d Cir.
- 1995Clean Ocean Action v. York 3d Cir.
- 1994United States v. Reilly 3rd Cir.
- 1993United States v. Reilly D. Del.
- 1991United States v. Sellers 5th Cir.
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no person shall transport from the United States, and in the case of a vessel or aircraft registered in the United States or flying the United States flag or in the case of a United States department, agency, or instrumentality, no person shall transport from any location Except as may be authorized by a permit issued pursuant to section 1412 of this title, and subject to regulations issued pursuant to section 1418 of this title, no person shall dump any material transported from a location outside the United States (1) into the territorial sea of the United States, or (2) into a zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, extending to a line twelve nautical miles seaward from the base line from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, to the extent that it may affect the territorial sea or the territory of the United States. Except as may be authorized by a permit issued pursuant to section 1412 or section 1413 of this title, and subject to regulations issued pursuant to section 1418 of this title, (Source: (Pub. L. 92–532, title I, § 101, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1053; Pub. L. 93–254, § 1(3), Mar. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 51.))