§ 444. — Dumping at other place than designated dumping grounds; penalty; person liable; excuses for deviation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC444]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER III--NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF
BALTIMORE
Sec. 444. Dumping at other place than designated dumping
grounds; penalty; person liable; excuses for deviation
Any deviation from such dumping or discharging place specified in
such permit shall be a misdemeanor, and the owner and master, or person
acting in the capacity of master, of any scows or boats dumping or
discharging such forbidden matter in any place other than that specified
in such permit shall be liable to punishment therefor as provided in
section 441 of this title; and the owner and master, or person acting in
the capacity of master, of any tug or towboat towing such scows or boats
shall be liable to equal punishment with the owner and master, or person
acting in the capacity of master, of the scows or boats; and, further,
every scowman or other employee on board of both scows and towboats
shall be deemed to have knowledge of the place of dumping specified in
such permit, and the owners and masters, or persons acting in the
capacity of masters, shall be liable to punishment, as aforesaid, for
any unlawful dumping, within the meaning of this Act and this
subchapter, which may be caused by the negligence or ignorance of such
scowman or other employee; and, further, neither defect in machinery nor
avoidable accidents to scows or towboats, nor unfavorable weather, nor
improper handling or moving of scows or boats of any kind whatsoever
shall operate to release the owners and master and employees of scows
and towboats from the penalties mentioned in section 441 of this title.
(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, Sec. 3, 25 Stat. 209; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299,
Sec. 3, 28 Stat. 360; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, Sec. 8, 35 Stat. 426.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, 28
Stat. 356, as amended, which enacted sections 1, 31, and 452 of this
title and amended sections 443 to 448 and 499 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of section 3 of act June 29, 1888. Said
section 3 of act June 29, 1888, enacted sections 443 to 448 of this
title. See Codification note set out under section 443 of this title.
