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EXHIBIT C - CIVIL PENALTIES AND COSTS * Pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation for Entry of Final Judgment, Target shall pay the Attorney General's portion of civil penalties in the total amount of $2,125,000.00 pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 17200 at seq., Health and Safety Code section 25515.2 and costs in the sum of $1,250,000.00. The two separate checks shall be made payable to the "California Department of Justice -Litigation Deposit Fund." The checks shall bear on its face the case name ("People v. Target") and the internal docket number for this matter (OK2009900940). Those separate portions of the money paid to the Attorney General pursuant to this Stipulated Judgment shall be administered by the California Department of Justice and shall be used by the Environment Section of the Public Rights Division of the Attorney General's Office, until all funds are exhausted, for any of the following purposes: (1) implementation of the Attorney General's authority to protect the environment and natural resources of the State pursuant to Government Code section 12600 at seq. and as Chief Law Officer of the State of California pursuant to Article V, section 13 of the California Constitution; (2) enforcement of laws related to environmental protection, including, but not limited to, Chapters 6.5 and 6.95, Division 20, of the California Health and Safety Code; (3) enforcement of the Unfair Competition Law, Business and Professions Code section 17200, at seq., as it relates to protection of the environment and natural resources of the State of California; and (4) other environmental actions which benefit the State of California and its citizens as determined by the Attorney General. Such funding may be used for the costs of the Attorney General's investigation, filing fees and other court costs, payment to expert witnesses and technical consultants, purchase of equipment, laboratory analyses, personnel costs, travel costs, and other costs necessary to pursue environmental actions investigated or initiated by the Attorney General for the benefit of the State of California and its citizens. The payment, and any interest derived therefrom shall solely and exclusively augment the budget of the Attorney General's Office as it pertains to the Environment Section of the Public Rights Division and in no manner shall supplant or cause any reduction of any portion of the Attorney General's budget. ** §25515.2: Target shall pay $255,000.00 as civil penalties pursuant to section 25515.2 of the Health and Safety Code, to the Riverside County District Attorney's Office. Said sum will be paid in the form of a check made payable to the District Attorney, County of Riverside. §17200: Target shall pay $382,500.00 to the Riverside County District Attorney's Office as civil penalties for violations of Business and Professions Code section 17200. Pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 17206(b), said sum will be paid in the form of a check made payable to the District Attorney, County of Riverside; sums to be distributed as follows: 100 percent will be deposited into the consumer protection prosecution account in the General Fund of Riverside County. *** Pursuant to Government Code section 26506, any civil penalties recovered in a civil action brought jointly in the name of the People of the State of California by the Attorney General and any combination of one or more district attorneys or city attorneys shall be paid as approved by the Court. **** Seventy -Eight Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars ($78,500.00) is restricted to the Orange County Health Care Agency/Environmental Health and is to be placed in a special revenue account. These funds are to be used for the implementation and enforcement of the Hazardous Waste Program for items including, but not limited to, program enhancements, educational materials, training, compliance investigations, personnel cost and program equipment. Said payment shall be made in the form of a check made payable to the County of Orange/Auditor- Controller. Exhibit C to Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction on Consent in People v. Target Corporation (RG09457686) Page 7 of 7