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Any person who requested a hearing respecting the assessment of a 
civil penalty and who is aggrieved by an order assessing a civil penalty 
and may file a petition within the 30-day period beginning on the date 
the order was received for judicial review of such order with the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
or for any other circuit in which such person resides or transacts 
business. 
Failure by any person to pay an assessment of a civil penalty will 
result in the Attorney General recovering the amount assessed (plus 
interest at currently prevailing rates) in an action brought in any 
appropriate district court of the United States. The validity, amount 
and appropriateness of the penalty shall not be subject to review. 
ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRAINT, SEIZURE, OR DESTRUCTION 
Section 1810 of bill S. 1217 outlines the procedure for the restraint, 
seizure, or destruction of hazardous products of recombinant DNA 
activities. If during an inspection under section 1806 an inspector finds 
material he has reasonable cause to believe is a hazardous product of 
recombinant DNA activities, he may order the material not to be 
moved, may seize the material, or may destroy the material in accord- 
ance with procedures adopted by the Commission. The inspector 
must have prior approval of the seizure or destruction of material by 
the Chairman or acting Chairman of the Commission. Unless the 
owner of the material has agreed otherwise, within 7 days or such 
action by an inspector, the Commission must begin civil action under 
section 1811 with respect to the inspector’s action. 
PROCEDURES FOR HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS OF RECOMBINANT DNA ACTIVITIES 
Section 1811 of bill S. 1217 permits the Commission to commence 
a civil action by process of libel or otherwise, in an appropriate dis- 
trict court of the United States for the seizure or destruction of haz- 
ardous products of recombinant DNA activities or for other appro- 
priate relief to prevent its production, movement, or spread. 
INJUNCTION AUTHORITY 
Section 1812 of bill S. 1217 authorizes the district courts of the 
United States to have jurisdiction over civil actions to restrain any 
violations of sections 1803 and 1801 or provisions of section 1808. The 
civil action may be brought in the U.S. district court for the judicial 
district where the violation of sections 1803, 1804, or 1808 occurred or 
the defendant is found or transacts business. In any civil action, proc- 
ess may be served on a defendant in any judicial district in which the 
defendant resides or is found. Furthermore, subpenas requiring at- 
tendances of witnesses in any such action may be served in any judi- 
cial district. 
EFFECT ON STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS 
Section 1813(a) declares that it is the express intent of the Congress 
to supersede any and all laws of the States and political subdivisions 
of States that established or continue in effect any requirement with 
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