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with similar arrangements established by the appropriate agency of 

 Canada ; 



(iii) limit the nmnber of pools ; 



(iv) audit and inspect the administration and operation of a 

 pool or pools ; 



(v) prescribe uniform systems of accounts for a pool or pools. 



Rates, charges, conditions, and terms for services 



46 U.S.C. 216c 



(a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish by 

 regulations the rates, charges, and any other conditions or terms for 

 servi-ces performed by registered pilots to meet the provisions of 

 this chapter. 



(b) The Secretary is authorized to arrange with the appropriate 

 agency of Canada for the establishment of joint or identical rates, 

 charges, and any other conditions or terms for services by registered 

 pilots in the waters of the Great Lakes. 



(c) The rates, charges, and any other conditions or terms for 

 pilotage services by registered pilots established by the Secretary 

 m accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be 

 fair and equitable, giving due consideration to the public interest 

 and the reasonable cost and expense of providmg and maintaining 

 such facilities and arrangements as are required for the etticient per- 

 formance of pilotage services in accordance with the provisions of this 

 chapter. 



Arrangements between the United States and Canada subject 

 to concurrence of Secretary of State 



46 U.S.C. 216d 



Any written arrangements between the Secretary and the appro- 

 priate agency of Canada under the provisions of tliis chapter shall be 

 subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 



Violations; civil penalties; enforcement 



46 U.S.C. 216e 



(a) Any owner, master, or person in charge of a vessel subject to 

 this chapter who permits the navigation of the vessel by a person not 

 a registered pilot in the waters designated by the President pursuant to 

 section 216a (a) of this title or who permits the navigation of the 

 vessel without having on board a registered pilot or other officer in the 

 waters described in section 216a(b) of this title shall be liable to the 

 United States in a civil penalty not exceeding $500 for each violation, 

 for which sum the vessel shall be liable and may be seized and pro- 

 ceeded against by way of libel in any district court of the United States 

 having jurisdiction thereof. Each day the vessel shall be so navigated 

 shall constitute a separate violation. This subsection shall be enforced 

 by the head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating. 



(b) Any person, not a registered pilot, who directs the navigation 

 of a vessel subject to this chapter in the waters designated by the 

 President pursuant to section 216a(a) of this title, shall be subject to 

 a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding $500 for each violation. 



