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    The Water Pollution Control Act prohibits discharging oil or oily waste into U.S. navigable waters or the contiguous zone if it causes surface film, discoloration, or sludge beneath the surface. Violators are subject to civil penalties and criminal sanctions like fines and imprisonment. The person in charge of a vessel or facility must immediately report any oil or hazardous substance discharge to the National Response Centre toll-free hotline.

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    The Water Pollution Control Act prohibits discharging oil or oily waste into U.S. navigable waters or the contiguous zone if it causes surface film, discoloration, or sludge beneath the surface. Violators are subject to civil penalties and criminal sanctions like fines and imprisonment. The person in charge of a vessel or facility must immediately report any oil or hazardous substance discharge to the National Response Centre toll-free hotline.

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    The Water Pollution Control Act prohibits discharging oil or oily waste into U.S. navigable waters or the contiguous zone if it causes surface film, discoloration, or sludge beneath the surface. Violators are subject to civil penalties and criminal sanctions like fines and imprisonment. The person in charge of a vessel or facility must immediately report any oil or hazardous substance discharge to the National Response Centre toll-free hotline.

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    DISCHARGE OF OIL PROHIBITED

    The federal Water Pollution Control Act prohibits the discharge of oil or oily
    waste into or upon navigable waters of the United States, or the water of the
    contiguous zone, or which may effect natural resources belonging to,
    appertaining to, or under the exclusive management authority of the united
    States, if such discharge causes a film or discoloration of the surface of the
    water or causes sludge or emulsion beneath the surface of the water. Violators
    are subject to substantial civil penalties and or criminal sanctions including
    fines and imprisonment.
    (33 CFR 155.450)

    The person in Charge of a vessel or facility must immediately report any


    discharge of oil or hazardous substance to National Response Centre toll free:
    (800) 424 – 8802
    (33 CFR 151.15(d); 33 CFR 153.203)

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