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 PUBLIC LAW 98-89 —AUG. 26, 1983 97 STAT. 517 sentatives shall serve without compensation, except for necessary traveling expenses. (c)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary may delegate to the Bureau or a similar United States classification society, or an agent of the Bureau or society, the inspection or examination, in the United States or in a foreign country, of a vessel documented or to be documented as a vessel of the United States. The Bureau, society, or agent may issue the certificate of inspection required by this part and other certificates essential to documentation. (2) When an inspection or examination has been delegated under this subsection, the Secretary's delegate— (A) shall maintain in the United States complete files of all information derived from or necessarily connected with the inspection or examination for at least 2 years after the vessel ceases to be certified; and (B) shall permit access to those files at all reasonable times to any officer, employee, or member of the Coast Guard designated— (i) as a marine inspector and serving in a position as a marine inspector; or (ii) in writing by the Secretary to have access to those files. (d) The Secretary also may make an agreement with or use the Bureau or a similar United States classification society, or an agent of the Bureau or society, for reviewing and approving plans required for issuing a certificate of inspection. § 3317. Fees (a) The Secretary may prescribe by regulation fees for inspecting or examining a small passenger vessel or a sailing school vessel. (b) When an inspection or examination under this chapter of a documented vessel is conducted at a foreign port or place at the request of the owner or managing operator of the vessel, the owner or operator shall reimburse the Secretary for the travel and subsist- ence expenses incurred by the personnel assigned to perform the inspection or examination. Amounts received as reimbursement for these expenses shall be credited to the appropriation for operating expenses of the Coast Guard. § 3318. Penalties (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel operated in violation of this part or a regulation prescribed under this part, and a person violating a regulation that applies to a small passenger vessel, freight vessel of less than 100 gross tons, or sailing school vessel, are liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $1,000, except that when the violation involves operation of a barge, the penalty is $500. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty. (b) A person that knowingly manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or possesses with intent to sell, any equipment subject to this part, and the equipment is so defective as to be insufficient to accomplish the purpose for which it is intended, shall be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. (c) A person that employs a means or device whereby a boiler may be subjected to a pressure greater than allowed by the terms of the Delegation of inspection or examination. Plans, review and approval.

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