Federal · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

33 U.S.C. § 1366: Appearance

Civil

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This statute describes procedures for legal representation in civil or criminal actions involving the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, designating the Attorney General or EPA attorneys to represent the United States.

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The Administrator shall request the Attorney General to appear and represent the United States in any civil or criminal action instituted under this chapter to which the Administrator is a party. Unless the Attorney General notifies the Administrator within a reasonable time, that he will appear in a civil action, attorneys who are officers or employees of the Environmental Protection Agency shall appear and represent the United States in such action.

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