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1 specting the assessment of a civil penalty and who is ag- 
2 grieved by an order assessing a civil penalty may file a peti- 
3 tion for judicial review of such order with the United States 
4 Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit or for 
5 any other circuit in which such person resides or transacts 
6 business. Such a petition may only be filed within the thirty- 
7 day period beginning on the date on which the order making 
8 such assessment was issued. 
9 (d) If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil 
10 penalty — 
11 (1) after the order making the assessment has 
12 become a final order and if such person does not file a 
13 petition for judicial review of the order in accordance 
14 with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section; or 
15 (2) after a court in an action brought under the 
16 provisions of subsection (c) of this section has entered a 
17 final judgment in favor of the Secretary; 
18 the Attorney General shall recover the amount assessed (plus 
19 interest at currently prevailing rates from the date of the 
20 ezniration of the thirty-day period referred to in subsection 
21 (c) of this section or the date of such final judgment, as the 
22 case may be) in an action brought in any appropriate district 
23 court of the United States. In any such action, the validity, 
24 amount, and appropriateness of such penalty shall not be sub- 
25 ject to review. 
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