43 U.S.C. § 1348
Enforcement of safety and environmental regulations
United States · Title 43 — PUBLIC LANDS · Status: effective
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- 43 U.S.C. § 1348, Enforcement of safety and environmental regulations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/486201
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The Secretary, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and the Secretary of the Army shall enforce safety and environmental regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter. Each such Federal department may by agreement utilize, with or without reimbursement, the services, personnel, or facilities of other Federal departments and agencies for the enforcement of their respective regulations.
It shall be the duty of any holder of a lease or permit under this subchapter to—
The Secretary and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall individually, or jointly if they so agree, promulgate regulations to provide for—
The Secretary, or, in the case of occupational safety and health, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, may review any allegation from any person of the existence of a violation of a safety regulation issued under this subchapter.
In any investigation conducted pursuant to this section, the Secretary or the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall have power to summon witnesses and to require the production of books, papers, documents, and any other evidence. Attendance of witnesses or the production of books, papers, documents, or any other evidence shall be compelled by a similar process, as in the district courts of the United States. Such Secretary, or his designee, shall administer all necessary oaths to any witnesses summoned before such investigation.
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.
- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Reports Elimination Act of 1998House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally