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title: "46 U.S.C. § 55336"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 55336 - Civil penalty

## Text

After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary of Transportation may impose a civil penalty of not more than $1,000,000 on the owner of an American Great Lakes vessel for any act for which the designation may be revoked under section 55335 of this title.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1650.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5533646 App.:1241t(b).Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1524(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3667.