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1 court of the United States for any district in which such 



2 person is found or resides or transacts business, upon appHca- 



3 tion by the United States and after notice to such person, 



4 shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person 



5 to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce 



6 documents, and any failure to obey such order of the courts 



7 may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. 



8 "(h) Whoever violates any standard established under 



9 subsection (b) of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty 



10 of not more than $10,000 nor less than $5,000 for each viola- 



11 tion. In the case of a continuing violation of such a standard, 



12 each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense for 



13 the purposes of this section. 



14 " (i) Upon the effective date of this section, all hcenses, 



15 permits, or authorizations which have been issued by any 



16 officers or employee of the United States under authority of 



17 any other provision of law shall be terminated. 



