33 U.S.C. § 411
Penalty for wrongful deposit of refuse; use of or injury to harbor improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters generally
United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective
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- 33 U.S.C. § 411, Penalty for wrongful deposit of refuse; use of or injury to harbor improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters generally, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468260
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Every person and every corporation that shall violate, or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the provisions of sections 407, 408, 409, 414, and 415 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of up to $25,000 per day, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Water Resources Development Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally