{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-151.1518","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 151.1518","heading":"Penalties for failure to conduct ballast water management.","body":"(a) A person who violates this subpart is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $27,500. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation. A vessel operated in violation of the regulations is liable in rem for any civil penalty assessed under this subpart for that violation.\n(b) A person who knowingly violates the regulations of this subpart is guilty of a class C felony.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER O—POLLUTION","PART 151—VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER","Subpart C—Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species in the Great Lakes and Hudson River"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"a1847d31dabcd16a153fef0eecdf85bc97e21724505ba989de7d3826efb21d61","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-151.1516","next":"us/33-cfr-151.2000"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}