participate in management
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
“participate in management”—
(A)
(i) means actually participating in the management or operational affairs of a vessel or facility; and
(ii) does not include merely having the capacity to influence, or the unexercised right to control, vessel or facility operations; and
(B) does not include—
(i) performing an act or failing to act prior to the time at which a security interest is created in a vessel or facility;
(ii) holding a security interest or abandoning or releasing a security interest;
(iii) including in the terms of an extension of credit, or in a contract or security agreement relating to the extension, a covenant, warranty, or other term or condition that relates to environmental compliance;
(iv) monitoring or enforcing the terms and conditions of the extension of credit or security interest;
(v) monitoring or undertaking one or more inspections of the vessel or facility;
(vi) requiring a removal action or other lawful means of addressing a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil in connection with the vessel or facility prior to, during, or on the expiration of the term of the extension of credit;
(vii) providing financial or other advice or counseling in an effort to mitigate, prevent, or cure default or diminution in the value of the vessel or facility;
(viii) restructuring, renegotiating, or otherwise agreeing to alter the terms and conditions of the extension of credit or security interest, exercising forbearance;
(ix) exercising other remedies that may be available under applicable law for the breach of a term or condition of the extension of credit or security agreement; or
(x) conducting a removal action under section 1321(c) of this title or under the direction of an on-scene coordinator appointed under the National Contingency Plan,
Source
- 2013–present33 U.S.C. § 2701Navigation and Navigable Waters · Definitions · in this section
"participate in management"—
(A) (i) means actually participating in the management or operational affairs of a vessel or facility; and
(ii) does not include merely having the capacity to influence, or the unexercised right to control, vessel or facility operations; and
(B) does not include—
(i) performing an act or failing to act prior to the time at which a security interest is created in a vessel or facility;
(ii) holding a security interest or abandoning or releasing a security interest;
(iii) including in the terms of an extension of credit, or in a contract or security agreement relating to the extension, a covenant, warranty, or other term or condition that relates to environmental compliance;
(iv) monitoring or enforcing the terms and conditions of the extension of credit or security interest;
(v) monitoring or undertaking one or more inspections of the vessel or facility;
(vi) requiring a removal action or other lawful means of addressing a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil in connection with the vessel or facility prior to, during, or on the expiration of the term of the extension of credit;
(vii) providing financial or other advice or counseling in an effort to mitigate, prevent, or cure default or diminution in the value of the vessel or facility;
(viii) restructuring, renegotiating, or otherwise agreeing to alter the terms and conditions of the extension of credit or security interest, exercising forbearance;
(ix) exercising other remedies that may be available under applicable law for the breach of a term or condition of the extension of credit or security agreement; or
(x) conducting a removal action under section 1321(c) of this title or under the direction of an on-scene coordinator appointed under the National Contingency Plan,
if such actions do not rise to the level of participating in management under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and paragraph (26)(A)(vi);
Source
- 2004–202633 U.S.C. § 2701Navigation and Navigable Waters · Definitions · in this section
the term “participate in management”—
(I) means actually participating in the management or operational affairs of a vessel or facility; and
(II) does not include merely having the capacity to influence, or the unexercised right to control, vessel or facility operations;
Source
- 1996–present42 U.S.C. § 9601The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this section