---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 671.4"
title: "45"
number: "671.4"
heading: "Prohibited acts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/671.4"
---

# §671.4. Prohibited acts.


Unless one of the exceptions stated in [§ 671.5](/cfr/45/671.5.md) is applicable, it is unlawful for any U.S. citizen to:

- (a) Use or release any banned substance in Antarctica;
- (b) Use or release any designated pollutant in Antarctica, except pursuant to a permit issued by NSF under subpart C of this part;
- (c) Release any waste in Antarctica, except pursuant to a permit issued by NSF under subpart C of this part; or
- (d) Violate any term or condition of a permit issued by NSF under subpart C of this part, or any term or condition of any of the regulations issued under this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2405.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 34719, June 29, 1993, unless otherwise noted.