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Title 15 - COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADESubtitle B - REGULATIONS RELATING TO COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADEChapter IX - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCESubchapter B - OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTPart 922 - NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS
Subpart A - REGULATIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
Section 922.9 - Response costs and damages

15 C.F.R. § 922.9

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Section 922.9 - Response costs and damages

Under section 312 of the Act, any person who destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any Sanctuary resource is liable to the United States for response costs and damages resulting from such destruction, loss, or injury. Any vessel used to destroy, cause the loss of, or injure any Sanctuary resource is liable in rem to the United States for response costs and damages resulting from such destruction, loss, or injury.

15 C.F.R. §922.9

87 FR 29625 , 6/27/2022; 88 FR 958 , 4/7/2023; 88 FR 7357 , 1/6/2023