(5) Discharges 



No person shall deposit or discharge any materials or substances 

 of any ki nd except: 



(a) Fish or parts and chumming materials 



(b) Cooling water from vessels 



(c) Effluents from marine sanitation devices 



(6) Markers 



(a) No person shall mark, deface or damage in any way or displace 

 remove or tamper with any signs, notices, or placards, whether temporary or 

 permanent, or with any monuments, stakes, posts or other boundary markers 

 installed by the managers or markers placed for the purpose of lobster pot 

 fishing. 



(b) All activities currently carried out by the Department of 

 Defense within the Sanctuary are essential for the national defense and, 

 therefore, not subject to these prohibitions. The exemption of additional 

 activities having significant impacts shall be determined in consultation 

 between the Assistant Administrator and the Department of Defense. 



(c) The prohibitions in this section are not based on any claim 

 of territoriality and will be applied to foreign persons and vessels only 

 in accordance with principles of international law, including treaties, 

 conventions and other international agreements to which the United States 

 is signatory. 



937.7 Penalties for Commission of Prohibited Acts 



Section 303 of the Act authorizes the assessment of a civil penalty of 

 not more than $50,000 against any person subject to the jurisdiction of the 

 United States for each violation of any regulation issued pursuant to the 

 Act, and further authorizes a proceeding in rem against any vessel used in 

 violation of any such regulation. Procedures are outlined in Subpart D of 

 Part 922 (15 CFR Part 922) of this chapter. Subpart D is applicable to any 

 instance of a violation of these regulations. 



937.8 Permit Procedures and Criteria 



(a) Any person in possession of a valid permit issued by the Assistant 

 Administrator in accordance with this section may conduct any activity in the 

 sanctuary specifically prohibited under section 937.6 provided that any permit 

 allowing the damaging, taking or removal of coral, tropical marine specimen 

 collecting (marine life fishing), or historical or cultural resources shall be 

 granted only if the activity involved furthers educational or scientific pur- 

 poses or is related to salvage or recovery operations. 



(b) Permit applications shall be addressed to the Assistant Administrator 

 for Coastal Zone Management, ATTN: Sanctuary Programs Office, National Oceanic 

 and Atmospheric Administration, 3300 Whitehaven Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 



C. 20235. An application shall include a description of all activities 



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