§ 46-25-25.3. Criminal penalties. (a) Any person who shall be found guilty of violating, willfully or with criminal negligence, any of the provisions of §§ 46-25-25 - 46-25-25.3 or of any permit, rule, or regulation issued pursuant thereto, or an order of the commission, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both a fine or imprisonment; and every person shall be deemed guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each day during which the violation shall be repeated or continued. Further, the person shall be liable for all damages directly related to the violation, including additional costs of handling and treating any prohibited wastes, and shall reimburse the commission for actual enforcement costs incurred by the commission, including reasonable attorney's fees and administrative costs.

(b) No person shall knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under § 46-25-25 or 46-25-25.1 or by any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued under those sections, or shall falsify, tamper with, or knowingly render inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under those sections or by any permit, rule, regulation, or order issued under those sections.

(c) No person shall discharge into any outlet within the district any sewage waste or other pollutants without a permit, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission.

(d) No person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage waste or other pollutants within the district, except as otherwise provided by law or the rules and regulations of the commission.

(e) No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently breach, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment or dump garbage, refuse, or other material on land or right-of-way which is a part of the facilities of the project.

(f) No person shall uncover, make any connection with, or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any interceptor or appurtenance thereof, without first obtaining a written permit from the commission.

(g) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted waters such as stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any facilities of the project other than those discharges as are connected to an existing (prior to May 1, 1982) combined sewer in those areas in which a combined sewer is the only available means for disposal of unpolluted waters.

History of Section. (P.L. 1984, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 478, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 45, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 448, § 1.)