Waste Discharge Requirements
Cal. WAT § 13268
California Statutes
(a)
(1) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (
b) of
Section 13267, failing or refusing to furnish information as required by subdivision (
a) or (
b) of
Section 13267.5, or failing or refusing to furnish a statement of compliance as required by subdivision (
b) of
Section 13399.2, or falsifying any information provided therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b).
(2) Any person who knowingly commits any violation described in paragraph (1) is subject to criminal penalties pursuant to subdivision (e). (b)
(1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with
Article 2.5 (commencing with
Section 13323) of
Chapter for a violation of subdivision (
a) in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.
(2) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court in accordance with
Article 5 (commencing with
Section 13350) and
Article 6 (commencing with
Section 13360) of
Chapter for a violation of subdivision (
a) in an amount which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. (
c) Any person discharging hazardous waste, as defined in
Section of the Health and Safety Code, who knowingly fails or refuses to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (
b) of
Section 13267, or who knowingly falsifies any information provided in those technical or monitoring program reports, is guilty of a misdemeanor, may be civilly liable in accordance with subdivision (d), and is subject to criminal penalties pursuant to subdivision (e). (d)
(1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with
Article 2.5 (commencing with
Section 13323) of
Chapter for a violation of subdivision (
c) in an amount which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.
(2) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court in accordance with
Article 5 (commencing with
Section 13350) and
Article 6 (commencing with
Section 13360) of
Chapter for a violation of subdivision (
c) in an amount which shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. (e)
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any person who knowingly commits any of the violations set forth in subdivision (
a) or (
c) shall be punished by a fine that does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(2) Any person who knowingly commits any of the violations set forth in subdivision (
a) or (
c) after a prior conviction for a violation set forth in subdivision (
a) or (
c) shall be punished by a fine that does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day of the violation. (f)
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fines collected pursuant to subdivision (
e) shall be deposited in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund and separately accounted for in that fund.
(2) The funds described in paragraph (1) shall be expended by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist regional boards, and other public agencies with authority to clean up waste, or abate the effects of the waste, in cleaning up or abating the effects of the waste on waters of the state or for the purposes authorized in
Section 13443. (
g) The state board may carry out the authority granted to a regional board pursuant to this
section if, after consulting with the regional board, the state board determines that it will not duplicate the efforts of the regional board.