---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 9266.4"
title: "43"
number: "9266.4"
heading: "Viable coral communities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/9266.4"
---

# §9266.4. Viable coral communities.

- (a) **Requirement for a permit.** No person shall engage in any operation which directly causes damage or injury to a viable coral community that is located on the Outer Continental Shelf without having obtained a permit for said operations.
- (b) **Penalty.** Any person who knowingly and willingly violates the regulations of § 9266.4 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than 6 months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of violation shall be deemed a separate offense.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 4601-6a, 16 U.S.C. 670h, 16 U.S.C. 1246(i), 16 U.S.C. 1336, 43 U.S.C. 315a, 43 U.S.C. 1733(a), 43 U.S.C. 1740, and Executive Order 11644, 37 FR 2877, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 666.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 31276, May 12, 1980, unless otherwise noted.