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Each day such person so directs the navigation of such vessel shall con- 

 stitute a separate violation. This subsection shall be enforced by the 

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



(c) A person who violates any regulation issued pursuant to sec- 

 tions 216b and 216c of this title shall be liable to the United States in 

 a civil penalty not exceeding $500 for each violation. The provisions 

 of this subsex^tion shall be enforced by the Secretary, who may, upon 

 application therefor, remit or mitigate the penalty provided for herein, 

 upon such terms as he, in his discretion, shall think proper. 



Operation without registered pilots 



46 U.S.C. 216f 



Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a vessel may 

 be navigated in the United States waters of the Great Lakes without 

 a United States or Canadian registered pilot when — 



(a) the Secretary, or his designee, with the concurrence of the head 

 of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, or his 

 designee, notifies the master that a United States or Canadian reg- 

 istered pilot is not available, or 



(b) the vessel or its cargo is in distress or jeopardy. 



State regulation of pilots prohibited; other laws applicable; 

 laker vessels 



46 U.S.C. 216g 



(a) No State, municipal, or other local authority shall have any 

 power to require the use of pilots or to regulate any aspect of pilotage 

 in any of the waters specified in this chapter. 



(b) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any vessel of the TTnited 

 States which, in its navigation of waters to which this chapter is 

 applicable, is required by any other Act, to have in its service and on 

 board pilots or other navigating officers licensed by the United States 

 for such waters. 



(c) The exceptions in section 216f of this title applying to Canadian 

 vessels shall be effective only so long as Canada permits enrolled vessels 

 of the United States to be navigated on Canadian waters of the Great 

 Lakes solely by qualified officers licensed by the head of the Depart- 

 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating. 



Advisory committee 



46 U.S.C. 216h 



(a) The Secretary is authorized to appoint an Advisory Committee 

 of three public members, each of whom shall have had at least five 

 years of practical experience in maritime operations. The term for 

 which a member may be appointed or reappointed shall not exceed five 

 years. 



(b) The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary. 

 The Advisory Committee may review proposed pilotage regulations 

 and policies and make such recommendations as are deemed 

 appropriate. 



(c) Members of the Advisory Committee shall be compensated at 

 a rate not exceeding $75 per day when actually engaged in the per- 



