---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 151.1518"
title: "33"
number: "151.1518"
heading: "Penalties for failure to conduct ballast water management."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/151.1518"
---

# §151.1518. Penalties for failure to conduct ballast water management.

- (a) **A person who violates this subpart is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $27,500.** Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation. A vessel operated in violation of the regulations is liable in rem for any civil penalty assessed under this subpart for that violation.
- (b) **A person who knowingly violates the regulations of this subpart is guilty of a class C felony.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2002-13147, 69 FR 32869, June 14, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 4711; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 91-066, 58 FR 18334, Apr. 8, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1902, 1903, 1908; 46 U.S.C. 6101; 46 U.S.C. 70034; Pub. L. 104-227, 110 Stat. 3034; sec. 623, Pub. L. 108-293, 118 Stat. 1063; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[USCG-2002-13147, 69 FR 32869, June 14, 2004]