{"data":{"id":"us/15-cfr-904.301","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 CFR 904.301","heading":"Bases for permit sanctions or denials.","body":"(a) Unless otherwise specified in a settlement agreement, or otherwise provided by statutes or in this subpart, NOAA may sanction any permit issued under the statutes cited in § 904.1(c). The bases for an action to sanction or deny a permit include the following:\n(1) Violation of any statute administered by NOAA, including violation of any regulation promulgated or permit condition or restriction prescribed thereunder, by the permit holder/applicant or with the use of a permitted vessel;\n(2) The failure to pay a civil penalty imposed under any marine resource law administered by NOAA;\n(3) The failure to pay a criminal fine imposed or to satisfy any other liability incurred in a judicial proceeding under any of the statutes administered by NOAA; or\n(4) The failure to pay any amount in settlement of a civil forfeiture imposed on a vessel or other property.\n(b) A sanction may be applied to a permit involved in the underlying violation, as well as to any permit held or sought by the permit holder/applicant, including permits for other vessels. (See, e.g., 16 U.S.C. 1858(g)(1)(i)).\n(c) A permit sanction may not be extinguished by sale or transfer. A vessel's permit sanction is not extinguished by sale or transfer of the vessel, nor by dissolution or reincorporation of a vessel owner corporation, and shall remain with the vessel until lifted by NOAA.","path":["Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade","CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL REGULATIONS","PART 904—CIVIL PROCEDURES","Subpart D—Permit Sanctions and Denials"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-15.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:24Z","sha256":"c802944f395192f3db46cf3ab88acd6c40dbf28e6f80de2403a136c1b6a40aa0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-cfr-904.300","next":"us/15-cfr-904.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}