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Regulations The following is a summary of the Final Regulations for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve This summary is prepared as an expanded outline. Please refer to the text of the regulations for additional information. You may skip to the information below by clicking on the specific highlighted information.
Allowed Activities: Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve encourages and promotes recreational activities within the designated boundaries.
All activities may be conducted unless prohibited or otherwise regulated here or by any other Federal, State, or local authority of competent jurisdiction. Prohibited Activities: Users of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve are prohibited and therefore restricted from conducting or organizing others to conduct the following:
Penalties Each violation of the National Marine Sanctuary Act and the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve regulations, or any permit issued pursuant thereto, is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $100,000. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation. Penalties for commission of acts (section 935.8) Section 303 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act authorizes the assessment of the civil penalty stated above. Regulations stating the procedures governing administrative proceedings for assessment of civil penalties, permit sanctions, and denials for enforcement reasons, issuance and use of written warnings, and release or forfeiture of seized property appear at 15 CFR part 904 of the Sanctuaries Act. Response Cost and Damages Under section 312 of the Sanctuaries Act, any person who destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any Sanctuary resource is liable to the United States for response costs and damages resulting from such destruction, loss or injury, and any vessel used to destroy, cause the loss of, or injure any Sanctuary resource is liable to rem to the United States for response costs and damages from such destruction, loss or injury. Permits-Application Procedures and Issuance Criteria A person may conduct an activity prohibited by Sanctuary/Preserve regulations only if conducted in accordance with the scope, purpose, terms and conditions of a State Permit provided that: 1. The State Archaeologist certifies to NOAA that the activity authorized under the state permit will be conducted consistent with the Programmatic Agreement, in which case the State Permit shall be deemed to have met the requirements of the Sanctuary/Preserve regulations. 2. In the case where the State Archaeologist does not certify that the activity to be authorized under a State Permit will be conducted consistent with the Programmatic Agreement, the person complies with the requirements of the Sanctuary/Preserve regulations. 3. If no state permit is required to conduct an activity prohibited by the Sanctuary/Preserve regulations, a person may conduct such activity if it is conducted in accordance with the scope, purpose, terms and conditions such of a Federal Permit, provided that the person complies with the provisions of the Sanctuary/Preserve regulations. 4. In instances where the conduct of an activity is prohibited by the Sanctuary/Preserve regulations, and is not addressed under a State or other Federal lease, license, permit or other authorization, a person must obtain a Sanctuary permit from NOAA pursuant and the Programmatic Agreement in order to conduct the activity. 5. A permit for recovery of an underwater cultural resource may be issued if:
Detailed information on the application process for a permit is contained in the official version of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Federal Regulations. Certification of Pre-existing Leases, Licenses, Permits, Approvals, other Authorizations, or Rights to Conduct a Prohibited Activity A person may conduct a prohibited activity if such activity is specifically authorized by and valid Federal, State, or local lease, permit, license, approval, or other authorization in existence on the effective date of these regulations, or by any valid right of subsistence use or access in existence on the effective date of these regulations. (For details of restrictions please refer to the full set of regulations). Download Federal Register and Regulations The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Federal Register and Regulations is available for download in PDF format (20 pages, 239,325 bytes). Be sure to set Adobe Acrobat Reader to view bookmarks in order to ease through the document. Download Federal Register Now!
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