Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025

Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade last revised: Apr 25, 2025
§ 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.

authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431
source: 60 FR 66877, Dec. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 15 CFR 922.9