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Title

10

:
Conservation and Development






Chapter

059

:
UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND LIQUID STORAGE TANKS






Subchapter

001
:
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK REGULATION










 

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1935. Penalties

(a) Criminal

penalty. Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any provision of

this chapter or the rules promulgated herein, or any permits or any order

standards issued in accordance with this chapter shall be subject to a criminal

penalty not to exceed $25,000 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or

both.

(b) Civil

penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, the rules

promulgated herein or the terms and conditions of any order or permit issued by

the secretary, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.00 per

storage tank.

(c) Each

violation may be a separate and distinct offense and in the case of a

continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof may be deemed a separate and

distinct offense. (Added 1985, No. 66, § 1; amended 1989, No. 110, § 7, eff.

June 20, 1989.)