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1 order with the United States Court of Appeals for the 
2 District of Columbia Circuit or for any other circuit in which 
3 such person resides or transacts business. Such a petition 
4 may only be filed within the thirty-day period beginning on 
5 the date the order making such assessment was issued. 
6 (4) If any persoil fails to pay an assessment of a civil 
7 penalty — 
8 (A) after the order making the assessment has 
9 become a final order and if such person does not file 
10 a petition for judicial review of the order in accord- 
11 ance with paragraph ( 3 ) , or 
12 (B) .after a court in an action brought under para- 
13 graph (3) has entered a final judgment in favor of 
14 the Secretary. 
15 the Attorney General shall recover the amount assessed 
16 (plus interest at currently prevailing rates from the date 
17' of the expiration of the thirty-day period referred to in 
18 paragraph (3) or the date of such final judgment, as the 
19 case may be) in an action brought iri any appropriate 
20 district court of the United States. In such action, the 
21 validity, amount, and appropriateness of such penalty shall 
22 not be subject to review. 
23 (c) If the Secretary determines, after providing rea- 
24 sonable opportunity for an oral hearing, that a person has 
25 violated subsection (a) in carrying out a project for which 
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