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V.I. Code tit. 12, § 709 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 709. Removal of prohibited discharges

 (1) Any person discharging pollutants as prohibited by section 704 of this chapter shall immediately undertake to remove the discharge to the Department's satisfaction. Notwithstanding the above requirement, the Department may undertake the removal of the discharge and may contract and retain agents who shall operate under the direction of the Department. (2) Whenever oil or any other pollutant is discharged from any terminal facility or vessel in violation of section 704 of this chapter the person in charge of the terminal facility or vessel shall promptly remove, or arrange for the removal of, the oil or other pollutant. If the person in charge fails so to act, the Department may arrange for the removal of such pollutant, except that if the oil or other pollutant was discharged into or upon the navigable waters of the United States, the Department shall act in accordance with the national contingency plan for removal of oil or other pollutant established pursuant to the Federal Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and the costs of removal incurred by the Department shall be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions of said law. (3) In the event of discharge the source of which is unknown, any local discharge cleanup organization shall, upon the request of the Department or its designee, immediately contain and remove the discharge. No action taken by any person to contain or remove a discharge, whether such action is taken voluntarily or at the request of the Department or its designee, shall be construed as an admission of liability for the discharge. (4) No person who, voluntarily or at the request of the Department or its designee, renders assistance in containing or removing oil or other pollutants shall be liable for any civil damages to their parties resulting solely from acts or omissions of such person in rendering such assistance, except for acts or omissions amounting to gross negligence or willful misconduct. (5) Nothing in this chapter shall affect in any way the right of any person who renders assistance in containing or removing oil or other pollutants to reimbursement for the costs of the containment or removal under the applicable provisions of the Federal Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 (33 U.S.C.A. section 1151 et seq.) or any rights which that person may have against any third party whose acts or omissions in any way have caused or contributed to the discharge of the oil or other pollutants.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 710 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 710. Personnel and equipment

 The Department shall establish and maintain at such ports within the territory and other places as it shall determine such employees and equipment, other than equipment furnished by the licensee, as in its judgment may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Department may employ and prescribe the duties of such employees, subject to the rules and regulations of the Division of Personnel. The salaries of the employees and the cost of the equipment shall be paid from the Virgin Islands Coastal Protection Fund established by this chapter. The Department shall periodically consult with other departments of the territory relative to procedures for the prevention of discharges of oil and other pollutants into the coastal waters of the territory from off-shore drilling production facilities.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 712 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 712. Liabilities of licensees

 Because it is the intent of this chapter to provide the means for rapid and effective cleanup and to minimize damages, any licensee and its agents or servants, including vessels destined for or leaving a licensee's terminal facility, who permits or suffers a prohibited discharge or other polluting condition to take place within territorial boundaries shall be liable to the territory for all costs of cleanup or other damage incurred by the territory and for damages resulting from injury to others. The territory shall have an absolute maritime lien which shall attach to any vessel and its freight on behalf of the territory or any person injured, for all costs of cleanup and other damages incurred as a result of a prohibited discharge. In any suit to enforce claims of the territory under this chapter, it shall not be necessary for the territory to plead or prove negligence in any form or manner on the part of the licensee or any vessel. If the territory is damaged by a discharge prohibited by this chapter it need only plead and prove the fact of the prohibited discharge or other polluting condition and that it occurred. In addition to the civil penalty, the pilot and the master of any vessel or person in charge of any licensee's terminal facility who fails to give immediate notification of a discharge to the harbor master and nearest U.S. Coast Guard station shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000. The Department shall, by rules and regulations, require that the licensee designate a person at the terminal facility who shall be the person in charge of that facility for the purposes specified by this section.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 713 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 713. Emergency proclamation; Governor's powers

 (1) Whenever any disaster or catastrophe exists or appears imminent, arising from the discharge of oil, petroleum products or their by-products, or any other pollutants, the Governor shall by proclamation declare the fact and that an emergency exists in any or all sections of the territory. (2) In performing his duties under this section, the Governor is authorized and directed to cooperate with all departments and agencies of the Federal Government, the offices and agencies of other territories, states and foreign countries and the political subdivisions thereof, and private agencies in all matters pertaining to a disaster or catastrophe. (3) In performing his duties under this section, the Governor is further authorized and empowered: (a) To make, amend and rescind the necessary orders, rules and regulations to carry out this section within the limits of the authority conferred upon him and not inconsistent with the rules, regulations and directives of the President of the United States or of any federal department or agency having specifically authorized emergency functions. (b) To delegate any authority vested in him under this section and to provide for the subdelegation of any such authority. (4) Whenever the Governor is satisfied that an emergency no longer exists, he may terminate the proclamation by another proclamation affecting the sections of the territory covered by the original proclamation, or any part thereof. The proclamation shall be published in such newspapers of the territory and posted in such places as the Governor, or any person acting in that capacity, deems appropriate.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 714 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 714. Terminal facilities and vessels required to file bond

 (1) Each owner or operator of a terminal facility or vessel, including any barge, using any port in the United States Virgin Islands shall establish and maintain under rules and regulations prescribed by the Department evidence of financial responsibility based on the capacity of the terminal facility or tonnage of the ship, the cargo carried, and other similar factors to which the vessel could be subjected under this chapter. Financial responsibility may be established and maintained by any one (1), or a combination, of the following methods acceptable to the Department. (a) Evidence of insurance; (b) Surety bonds payable to the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, conditioned to pay all costs and expenses of the cleanup of any discharge as well as damages caused to the territory and any person; (c) Qualifications as a self-insurer; or (d) Other evidence of financial responsibility satisfactory to the Department. (2) A bond filed with the Department shall be issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in the territory. (3) Any claim for costs incurred by a terminal facility or vessel may be brought directly against the insurer or any other person providing evidence of financial responsibility. Any claim for costs, cleanup, civil penalties, or damages by the territory, and any claim for damages by any injured person, may be brought directly against the bond, the insurer, or any other person providing evidence of financial responsibility. (4) Each owner or operator of a terminal facility or a vessel subject to the provisions of this chapter shall designate a person in the territory as his legal agent for service of process under this chapter, and such designation shall be filed with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. In the absence of such designation the Lieutenant Governor shall be designated agent for purposes of service of process under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 715 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 715. Derelict vessels

 (1) It is unlawful for any person, or corporation to store or leave any vessel in a wrecked, junked or substantially dismantled condition or abandoned upon any public waters or at any port in this territory without the consent of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources or docked at any private property without consent of the owner of the private property. (2)  (a) The Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources is hereby designated as the agency of the territory authorized and empowered to remove any derelict vessel from public waters in any instance when the vessel obstructs or threatens to obstruct navigation, contributes to air or water pollution, or in any other way constitutes a danger or potential danger to the environment. (b) The Department may take or cause a derelict vessel to be taken into custody immediately upon its discovery. Upon taking custody of a derelict vessel the Department shall concurrently: (i) publish a notice of intended disposition once in a newspaper of general circulation; (ii) when possible, post a notice of intended disposition on the vessel; and (iii) serve a duplicate of the notice of intended disposition by certified mail, with a return receipt, on (A) the registered owner of the vessel, if known, at the registered owner's last known address or the address on record with any department or the United States Coast Guard; and (B) all lien holders who have filed a financing statement indexed in the name of the registered owner, or who are shown on the records of any department or the United States Coast Guard. (c)  (1) If the vessel is not repossessed within 30 days after the publication or mailing of the notice, whichever occurs later, the Commissioner may dispose of the vessel by negotiated sale; except that when two or more prospective purchasers indicate an interest in purchasing the vessel, the Commissioner shall sell the vessel at public auction to the highest bidder in the manner as prescribed by rules and regulations promulgated hereunder (2) If no prospective purchaser indicates a desire to purchase the vessel, the vessel may be properly disposed of as junk, donated to a governmental agency, or destroyed. (d) This section is not intended to be in contravention of any applicable federal act.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 716 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 716. Enforcement and pollution

 (1) It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order of the Department made hereunder. Violation shall be punishable by a civil penalty of up to $50,000 to be assessed by the Department. Each day during any portion of which the violation occurs constitutes a separate offense. (2) Penalties assessed herein for a discharge shall be the only penalties assessed by the territory, and the assessed person or persons shall be excused from paying any additional penalty for water pollution assessable under chapter 7 of this title for the same occurrence. (3) The penalty provisions of this section shall not apply to any discharge promptly reported and removed by a licensee in accordance with the rules, regulations and orders of the Department.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 717 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 717. Reports to the Legislature

 The Department shall include in its recommendations to each regular session of the Legislature specific recommendations relating to the operation of this chapter, specifically including a license fee formula to reflect individual licensee experience and a fee schedule based upon volatility and toxicity of petroleum products, their by-products and other pollutants.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 718 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 718. Budget

 The Department shall submit to each regular session of the Legislature its budget recommendations for disbursements from the fund.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 719 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 719. Limitation on application

 Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to the storage or transportation of liquefied petroleum gas or to industrial effluents discharged into the waters or atmosphere of the territory pursuant to a permit issued by the Department.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 720 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 17 - Oil Spill Prevention and Pollution Control|§ 720. Compliance with the Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Act of 1978

 Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, any person wishing to perform or undertake any development, as defined in Title 12, chapter 21 of this Code, shall obtain a coastal zone permit pursuant to Title 12, chapter 21 of this Code, prior to commencing or undertaking such development.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 751 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 18 - Limitation on Liability of Third Parties Responding to and Rendering Assistance in Oil Spills and Petroleum Discharge Cleanup|§ 751. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Virgin Islands Act Regarding Liability for Persons Responding to Oil Spills”.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 753 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 18 - Limitation on Liability of Third Parties Responding to and Rendering Assistance in Oil Spills and Petroleum Discharge Cleanup|§ 753. Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter the term: (1) “damages” means damages of any kind for which liability may exist under the laws of the United States Virgin Islands resulting from, arising out of, or related to the discharge or threatened discharge of oil; (2) “discharge” means any emission (other than natural seepage), intentional or unintentional, and includes, but it is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping; (3) “Federal On-Scene Coordinator” means the federal official predesignated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Coast Guard to coordinate and direct federal responses under subpart D, or the official designated by the lead agency to coordinate and direct removal under subpart E, of the National Contingency Plan; (4) “National Contingency Plan” means the National Contingency Plan prepared and published under section 311(d) of The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(d), as amended by The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101–380, 104 Stat. 484 (1990)); (5) “oil” means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with waste other than dredged spoil; (6) “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, state, territory, municipality, commission or political subdivision of a state or any interstate body; (7) “removal costs” means the costs of removal that are incurred after a discharge of oil has occurred or, in any case in which there is a substantial threat of discharge of oil, the costs to prevent, minimize or mitigate oil pollution from such an incident; (8) “responsible party” means a responsible party as defined under Section 1001 of The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101–380, Stat. 484 (100).
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 754 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 18 - Limitation on Liability of Third Parties Responding to and Rendering Assistance in Oil Spills and Petroleum Discharge Cleanup|§ 754. Exemption from liability

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is not liable for removal costs or damages which result from actions taken or omitted to be taken in the course of rendering care, assistance or advice consistent with the National Contingency Plan or as otherwise directed by the Federal On-Scene Coordinator or by the Territorial official with responsibility for oil spill response. (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply: (1) to a responsible party; (2) with respect to personal injury or wrongful death; or (3) if the person is grossly negligent or engages in willful misconduct. (c) A responsible party is liable for any removal costs and damages that another person is relieved of under subsection (a) of this section. (d) Nothing in this section affects the liability of a responsible party for oil spill response under federal or territorial law.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 802 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control|§ 802. Exemptions

 (a) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) Any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide within the Virgin Islands, if such carrier shall, upon request, permit the Commissioner or his designee to copy all records showing the transactions in and the movement [of] the pesticides; (2) The manufacturer or shipper of a pesticide for experimental use only: (A) By or under the supervision of an agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands or of the federal government authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides and which has a valid experimental permit issued by the Commissioner, or (B) By others having a valid experimental permit issued by the Commissioner if the pesticide is not sold and if the container thereof is plainly and conspicuously marked “For experimental use only-Not to be sold,” together with the manufacturer's name and address. However, if such a written permit has been obtained from the Commissioner, pesticides may be sold for experimental purposes subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be set forth in the permit. (b) An article is not in violation of this chapter when intended solely for export to a foreign country, and when prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser. If not so exported, all of the provisions of this chapter shall apply. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, registration is not required in the case of a pesticide shipped from one plant within the Virgin Islands to another plant within the Virgin Islands operated by the same person.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 804 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control|§ 804. Fees

 All fees collected pursuant to this chapter and all fines collected through enforcement must be deposited into the Pesticide Control Program Account, which shall be established for this purpose.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 805 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control|§ 805. Testing of pesticide samples

 (a) The Commissioner shall take and seal samples of pesticides in the presence of at least one witness and shall tender, and, if accepted, deliver to the person in charge of the pesticide one of such samples. (b) The department shall examine, analyze, or test, or cause to be examined, analyzed or tested the pesticide samples taken under the provisions of this chapter. (c) At least every two years the department shall make public the results of examinations, analyses, trials, and tests of any sample or samples so procured, together with such additional information as circumstances advise. These published results shall be the property of the Virgin Islands and shall not be used for advertising or regulatory purposes by any person or agency, government or otherwise without the Commissioner's permission.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 806 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control|§ 806. Scope of registration

 Every pesticide that is used, distributed, sold, or offered for sale within the Virgin Islands or delivered for transportation shall be registered every two years with the Office of the Commissioner; provided that any pesticide imported into the Virgin Islands, which is registered under the provisions of any federal act providing for the registration of pesticides may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, be exempted from registration under this chapter, when sold or distributed in the unbroken immediate container in which it was originally shipped.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 807 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control|§ 807. Financial responsibility

 The Commissioner may not issue a certificate until the applicator business has furnished evidence of financial responsibility consisting of either a surety bond or a liability insurance policy or certification thereof protecting persons who may suffer damages as a result of the pesticide operations of the applicator business, its employees and its agents. The Commissioner has the power to promulgate the rules and regulations necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 808 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control|§ 808. Application for registration

 The applicant shall file with the Commissioner a statement including: (1) The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the applicant; (2) The name of the pesticide; (3) A complete copy of the labeling accompanying the pesticide and a statement of all claims to be made for it including directions for use; and (4) If requested by the Commissioner, a full description of the tests made and their results upon which the claims are based. In the case of registration of a pesticide that has been registered for the previous year, a statement shall be required only with respect to information which is different from that furnished when the pesticide was last registered.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 810 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control|§ 810. Registration fees

 The Commissioner may, by rules and regulations, set fees.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 811 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control|§ 811. Cooperative agreements

 The Commissioner may cooperate, receive grants-in-aid, and enter into agreements with any agency of the Federal Government, of this territory or with any agency of another state, to obtain assistance in the implementation of this chapter, or in the enforcement of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended.