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1 and may be proceeded against in any district court of the 



2 United States having jurisdiction thereof; except that no 



3 vessel or other property shall be liable unless it shall appear 



4 that the owner was at the time of the violation a consenting 



5 party or privy thereto. 



6 " (e) (1) On and after the effective date of this section, 



7 any license, permit, or authorization issued by any officer 



8 or employee of the United States under the authority of any 



9 other provision of law shall be terminated and be of no effect 



10 whatsoever to the extent that such license, permit, or author- 



11 ization authorizes any activity to which this section applies. 



12 After such effective date, no license, permit, or authoriza- 



13 tion shall be issued bj^ any officer or employee of the United 

 1"! States other than the Administrator which would authorize 

 1^ any activity to which this section or regulations issued here- 

 in under apply. 



17 " (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as abro- 



1° gating or negating any existing responsibility or authority 



■^^ contained in the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; except 



that on and after the effective date of this section, any Federal 



license or peraiit proposed to be issued under the authority 



of such Act of 1899 to conduct any activity otherwise regu- 



lated by this section and the regulations issued hereunder, 



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shall be conditioned upon certification by the Administrator 



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