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1 ENFORCEMENT 
2 Sec. 1 3- . - (a)-Upon potition by the - Secr e tary - , - 4ho district 
3 courts of tho Unit e d - Stat es may r e strain violation s of thi s- A - et. 
4 (b) (1) Any p e r s on who viol a t es- a provision of thi s 
5 Act (othor than in s e ction 11) may b e a ssesse d a - civil - p en- 
5 alty by - th e S e cr e tary of not mor -e than $ 5,000 -- for - e a e h 
7 violati o n. 
g (2) No - civil p e nalty s hall b e ass ess ed - unless th e p e rson 
9 charg e d s hall - h a v e b ee n giv e n notic e --a nd opportunity for a 
40 h e aring on such charg e ; - In - d e t e rmining th e amount of th e 
41 p e nalty th e S e cretary s hall - con s id e r th e appropriaten ess of 
12 s uch penalty to th e gravity- -e l -t h e -v- iel at ie n- . 
43 - (3}-In- ca se of inability to coll e ct s uch civil - - penalty or 
14 failur e of any per s on to - pay all, or s uch portion of such 
15 civil p e nalty a s th e S e cr e tary - m a y d e t e rmin e , th e S e cr e tary 
16 shall r e f e r th e matt e r to th e Attorn e y - G e n er al, - - who s hall 
17 recover s uch amount by a ction in th e di s trict court -of - - th e 
18 Unit e d Stat es for th e di s trict in which that per s on r es id e s or 
19 has his principal place of busin e s s . - 
20 (c) Any - p e r s on who knowingly or willfully violat e s any 
21 provision of -t h i s Act (oth e r than in s e ction 11) sh a ll b e 
22 s ubjoot, upon conviction, to a fino - ef - not more than-$5,000, 
23 or to impri s onm e nt for not moro than on e year (and not 
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