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V.I. Code tit. 12, § 212 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9 - Air Pollution Control|§ 212. Hearings

 (a) No rule or regulation and no amendment or repeal thereof, or permit issuance, significant modification, reopening or renewal shall take effect without public comment and/or hearing on due notice as provided herein. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a hearing prior to the issuance of an emergency order pursuant to section 210 of this chapter. (c) The Commissioner shall appoint one or more hearing examiners who by reason of training, education, or experience are qualified to hear and render decisions in contested cases arising under this chapter; provided, however, that the Commissioner may employ hearing examiners on a contractual basis so long as the number of appeals is such as not to require the services of full time hearing examiners. (d) The function of the hearing examiners, acting as individuals or in assembly, shall be to hear and make a determination upon any proceeding instituted before them or upon any motions in connection therewith, assigned to them by the Commissioner and shall make a written finding of such determination which shall constitute the final determination of the proceedings. The findings of the hearing examiner shall become a final decision and order of the Commissioner within thirty (30) days after receipt of such report by the parties. (e) The Commissioner shall have the power and authority to prescribe such rules as are necessary for the lawful and orderly transaction of proceedings and hearings under this chapter. (f) Hearing examiners may order testimony to be taken by deposition in any proceedings pending before them. Any person may be compelled to appear and depose and to produce papers or documents in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce like documentary evidence before a court. Witnesses whose depositions are taken under this subsection and the persons taking such depositions shall be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in the courts of the United States Virgin Islands. (g) The Commissioner may submit his final order to the Superior Court of the United States Virgin Islands for enforcement. If no petition for review or appeal is filed within the time provided for by the rules governing the Superior Court, the Commissioner's findings of fact and order shall be conclusive in connection with any enforcement which is filed by the Commissioner after expiration of such time for appeal. In any such case, as well as in the case of a noncontested Notice of Violation, the clerk of the court, unless otherwise ordered by the court, shall forthwith enter a decree enforcing the order and giving it the same effect as an order of the court and shall transmit a copy of such decree to the Commissioner and alleged violator named in the Notice of Violation. In any contempt proceeding brought to enforce this decree and order of the court entered pursuant to this subsection, the court may assess the penalties provided in section 215 of this title, in addition to invoking any other available remedies.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 213 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9 - Air Pollution Control|§ 213. Records and reports

 (a) Every permittee shall establish and maintain such records, make such reports, and provide such information, as the Commissioner may reasonably require to enable him to determine whether such permittee has acted or is acting in compliance with this chapter and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and shall, upon request of an officer or employee duly designated by the Commissioner, permit such officer or employee at reasonable times, to have access to and copy such records. (b)  (1) A copy of each permit application, compliance plan (including the schedule of compliance), emissions or compliance monitoring report, certification, and each permit issued under this chapter, shall be available to the public. If an applicant or permittee is required to submit information entitled to protection from disclosure under 42 U.S.C., Section 7414(c), the applicant or permittee may submit such information separately. The requirements of 42 U.S.C., Section 7414(c) shall apply to such information. The contents of a permit shall not be entitled to protection under 42 U.S.C., Section 7414(c) and 3, V.I.C., Section 881(g). (2) Any person not subject to the provision of section 1905 of Title 18 of the United States Code, who knowingly divulges or discloses any information entitled to protection under this subsection shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment not to exceed one year or both. (3) Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the use of such records or information by any department, agency or officer of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands or Environmental Protection Agency in compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition of the outdoor atmosphere; provided, that such analyses or summaries do not identify, directly or indirectly, any owner or operator or reveal any information otherwise confidential under this section.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 214 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9 - Air Pollution Control|§ 214. Planning and zoning

 (a) The Commissioner, on request of any of the divisions of this Department or on his own initiative, shall gather and supply information concerning air pollution in the United States Virgin Islands which is relevant to planning and zoning activities affecting the United States Virgin Islands. (b) The Divisions of this Department shall bring to the attention of the Commissioner all proposed zoning actions pending before them. The Commissioner shall review all such actions referred to him, and, based upon his consideration of the consequences of such actions on the United States Virgin Islands atmosphere, shall make a report, including recommendations, to the appropriate division with respect to those pending actions which the Commissioner deems to have a significant relationship to air pollution in the United States Virgin Islands. The Department shall take no proposed action inconsistent with a specific finding by the Commissioner that the same would result in air pollution in the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 217 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9 - Air Pollution Control|§ 217. Odor emission control

 (a) In addition to all other prohibitions contained in this chapter, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, as defined in section 202 of this chapter, by himself, his agent or employee to cause, suffer or allow the emission of obnoxious, pungent, odorous or ill-smelling gases, fumes or other air pollutants from any stack or any other source in the United States Virgin Islands when said emission is determined hereunder to be objectionable. (b) The Commissioner of Planning and Natural Resources, in cooperation and consultation with the Division of Environmental Health within the Department of Health, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the determination and measurement of various kinds and levels of odorous emissions which are to be prohibited as objectionable under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. (c) In controlling odorous emissions under this section, the Commissioner shall exercise all of the applicable powers and duties enumerated in this chapter for the control of other types of air pollution. The penalties enumerated in section 215 of this chapter are hereby specifically made applicable to violations of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 218 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9 - Air Pollution Control|§ 218. Notification to EPA and neighboring states

 (a) The Department: (1) shall transmit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a copy of each permit application, including any application for a permit modification or renewal, or such portion thereof, including any compliance plan, as the Administrator may require to carry out the Administrator's responsibilities under the Clean Air Act, as amended, and (2) shall provide to the Administrator a copy of each permit proposed to be issued and issued as a final permit. (b) The Department shall notify all States and Territories: (1) whose air quality may be affected and that are within fifty (50) miles of the island in which the emission originates, or (2) that are within fifty (50) miles of the source, of each permit application or proposed permit forwarded to the Administrator under this section, and shall provide an opportunity for such states and territories to submit written recommendations respecting issuance of the permit and its terms and conditions. If any part of those recommendations are not accepted by the Department, the Department shall notify the state or territory submitting the recommendations and the Administrator in writing of its failure to accept those recommendations and the reasons therefor. (c) Objection by EPA  No permit shall be issued if the Administrator objects to its issuance in a timely manner.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 219 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9 - Air Pollution Control|§ 219. Existing rights and remedies

 (a) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to abridge or alter rights of action or remedies in equity or under the common law or statutory law, criminal or civil, nor shall any provision of this chapter, or any act done by virtue thereof, be construed as estopping the United States Virgin Islands, or any person, in the exercise of their rights in equity or under the common law or statutory law to suppress nuisances or to abate pollution. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abridge, limit or otherwise impair the right of any person to damages or other relief on account of injury to persons or property and to maintain any action or other appropriate proceeding therefor.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 220 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9 - Air Pollution Control|§ 220. Public notice

 The Commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations and perform all acts as may be required under Territorial and Federal law, rules and regulations to insure adequate public notice and public participation concerning Part 70 permit applications and actions related thereto.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 221 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9 - Air Pollution Control|§ 221. Registration

 Persons engaged in operations which the Commissioner finds may result in air pollution shall, if so required by regulation, register with the Department and file with the Department reports containing information as to location, size and height of pollutant outlet; rate, duration and composition of pollutant emission; and such other information as the Commissioner may require.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 301 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 301. Purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to preserve, manage and protect the fishery resources, to regulate fishing and to secure its increase and development in all marine, estuarine and freshwaters within the jurisdiction of the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 303 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 303. Duties of the Commissioner

 (a) The Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To preserve, manage and protect the fishery resources of the territory in the inland and jurisdictional coastal waters thereof. (2) To regulate the operations of all fishermen vessels of this territory engaged in the taking of fishery resources within or without the boundaries of the territorial waters. (3) To issue licenses, certificates and registrations for the taking of fishery resources and the processing thereof at sea or on shore within this territory. (4) To secure and maintain statistical records of the catch of various species of fish by various gear, by area, and to make such records available to fishermen. (5) To advise and assist fishermen in the development and use of fishing gear and techniques. (6) To provide fishing information to the public. (7) To conduct scientific studies and research, and to publish, or cause to be published, and distributed the results of same to fishermen and other interested persons. All of such duties and operations shall be directed to the broad objective of managing such fishery resources, in the interest of all people in the territory, to the end that they may produce the maximum sustained yield consistent with the protection and preservation of the breeding stock. (b) The Commissioner shall administer, coordinate and enforce the provisions of this chapter, in cooperation with other appropriate departments of the Territorial and Federal Governments; and in particular shall coordinate his duties and activities with the Department of Commerce in the administration of its duties pursuant to chapter 27 of Title 11 of this Code. (c) The Commissioner, subject to the provisions of chapter 25 of Title 3 of the Code, shall appoint such conservation officers, fisheries biologists, research staff and other personnel as are necessary to the proper and effective administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 306 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 306. Duties of Attorney General

 If at any time any question of law or any litigation arises, and the Attorney General is otherwise occupied, and cannot give the time and attention necessary to such question of law or litigation as the occasion demands, the several Assistant Attorneys General shall attend to any such question of law or litigation arising within their respective districts, and if such Assistant Attorneys General are otherwise occupied and cannot give the time and attention necessary to such question of law or litigation as the case may demand, the said Commissioner may employ additional counsel for that particular cause, with the advice and consent of the Attorney General. Such additional counsel's fees shall be paid from the moneys appropriated to the Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 307 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 307. Injunctions

 Courts of the territory shall have jurisdiction to enforce the fisheries of the territory by injunction.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 308 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 308. Bond of employees

 The Commissioner may require, as he determines, that bond be given by any employee of the Department, payable to the Governor of the territory for the use and benefit of those whom it may concern, in such penal sums with good and sufficient surety or sureties approved by the Commissioner conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of such employee.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 309 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 309. Ownership of navigable waters

 (a) Subject to the provisions of federal laws pertaining to the proprietary rights of the Government of the United States, all beds and bottoms of navigable rivers, streams, lagoons, lakes, sounds, inlets, bays, roadsteads, harbors, oceans, seas or other bodies of water within the jurisdiction of the territory shall be the property of the territory except such as may be held under some grant or alienation heretofore made. No grant, sale, lease or other conveyance of any water bottom shall hereafter be made by the territory or any official thereof. (b) Subject to the provisions of federal laws pertaining to the proprietary rights of the Government of the United States, all species of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, animals, plants and all other species comprising the marine, estuarine and freshwater fauna and flora within the jurisdiction of the territory, excluding all privately owned enclosed ponds not exceeding fifty (50) acres, are hereby declared to be the property of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands and of common ownership and public use. They may be freely fished, caught, utilized or traded, subject to the limitations of this chapter and the rules and regulations for its enforcement.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 310 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 310. Jurisdiction

 For the purpose of this chapter, the jurisdiction of the territory shall include all inland and estuarine waters and shall extend to either 3 miles from the shorelines of the territory or to any international boundary located within such 3 mile limit, whichever distance is the shorter.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 311 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 311. Fishing

 No person may engage in fishing and no vessel or other fishing device may be used in fishing in the territory unless registered, certified or licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 313 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 313. Nonresident fishermen

 Any person not a resident of the territory and desiring to engage in commercial fishing in the territory, must conform to the same laws, rules and regulations by which the resident fishermen of the territory are governed and no person not a resident of the territory may bring his catch of fish or part of his catch of fish to sell in the territory unless he obtains the proper license duly issued by the Commissioner, which license shall be granted by the Commissioner only in those cases which will be of benefit to the interest and welfare of the territory. Fish caught or harvested outside the jurisdictional waters of the territory and brought to the territory for consumption, whether in local or foreign vessels, shall be subject to the regulatory requirements and other provisions relative to the harvesting of domestic species.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 314 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 314. Fish and Game Fund

 Moneys received by the territory for fishing licenses, certificates of number, vessel registrations, fines or other penalties relating to fish or fisheries and such sums as may be credited for other reasons for fish or fisheries activities in the territory, including sums received from the Federal Government, shall be credited to the Fish and Game Fund created under chapter 1, section 81a of this title, and expended as provided for therein.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 315 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 315. Reports of owners of boats and fishermen

 (a) The owner of every boat, vessel or watercraft and the owner of every pot, trap, net, seine or other fishing gear (hereinafter referred to as devices), used for fishing purposes, and every licensee or person registered under sections 312 and 313 of this chapter shall, annually, before July 31, make a written report, under oath, to the Commissioner. Such report shall contain the number of pounds and the value of each kind of edible seafood caught by him with such boat or devices for the twelve (12) months ending on the preceding June 30, and the number and value of the devices, if any, used in such catching or taking, and the number of persons employed therein. The Commissioner shall annually, on or before August 15, provide such owner or licensee, upon his application, with suitable blank forms for such reports, so arranged that each month's catch may be separately recorded thereon; and in filling out such reports, such owner or licensee shall give, so far as practicable, the above required results of each month's fishing. (b) In lieu of said annual report, the Commissioner may require an owner or licensee to submit a monthly report of such facts listed herein as the Commissioner may deem advisable. (c) The license and/or vessel registration of any person who willfully fails to make a report or willfully makes a false report shall be suspended and a new license or registration shall not be issued until such report is made. (d) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 316 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 316. Closed seasons

 (a) The Commissioner shall announce, at least forty-five (45) days in advance, the beginning of each of the closed seasons prescribed in the regulations issued pursuant to this chapter for the protection of one or more species of fish as herein defined. (b) The transportation and sale of a species of fish which is the subject of a closed season shall be allowed up to the seventh day after the commencement of the closed season in order to permit the liquidation of stock caught before the beginning of such closed season. (c) The fishing, sale, transportation and utilization of all species not expressly included in the closed seasons established by rules and regulations hereunder shall be permitted at any time throughout the year. The sale and transportation of any species of fish that is included in the closed season is permitted during the closed season if such fish is imported from outside the United States Virgin Islands or caught and stored prior to the closed season.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 317 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 317. Fish for scientific, educational and breeding purposes

 The Department, and any other person or organization with the written permission of the Commissioner, may catch or cause to be caught, for scientific or educational purposes or for fish culture, any fish or marine organism at any time, from the jurisdictional waters of the territory, and may sell or cause to be sold when not otherwise prohibited by law, all or such part of the catch that has been taken and as may not be necessary for scientific or educational purposes or for fish culture. The proceeds, if any, from these sales shall be deposited in the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 318 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing|§ 318. Protection of marine turtles, nests and eggs; penalties

 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands to contribute to the preservation of marine turtles in the Caribbean area, said turtles now being close to extinction. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, kill, possess, mutilate or in any way destroy any loggerhead, leatherback, hawksbill, ridley or green turtle or any other species of sea turtle, or take or possess any part thereof while such turtle is on the beaches of the territory at any time, or to take or possess any such turtle in the territorial waters during the months of May through September, inclusive, of each year and at such other times as the Commissioner may by rule and regulation prescribe. It shall be unlawful to import, export, trade, sell or in any way deal in sea turtles of any kind; provided, however, that the Commissioner may issue written permission to any licensed or publicly owned zoo or exhibitor of marine life to capture such turtles for purposes of live exhibition. (c) No person may take, possess, disturb, mutilate, destroy, cause to be destroyed, sell, offer for sale, transfer, molest or harass any sea turtle nest or eggs at any time. (d) Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction therefor, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than six hundred ($600) dollars, or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.