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<br /> (5) Violation of any applicable requirement of the
<br /> underground tank system. permit issued for operation of the
<br /> (6) Violation of any applicable requirement of this chapter of ally re
<br /> the board Pursuant to Section 25299.3. gelation adopted by
<br /> (7) Failure to permit inspection or to perform any monitoring, testing, or reporting
<br /> required pursuant to Section 25288 or 25289.
<br /> (8) Making any false statement, representation, or certification, in any a licat, n
<br /> record, or other document submitted or require
<br /> chapter. d to be maintained pursuant to this
<br /> (c) Any person who intentionally fails to notify the board or the local agency when required to
<br /> do so by this chapter or who submits f information 4 a permit application, amendment,
<br /> or renewal, pursuant to Section 25286, is liable for a civil penalty or not more than, five
<br /> thousand dollars ($5,000)-for each underground storage tater for which notification is not
<br /> given or false information is submitted_
<br /> (d} Any person who falsifies-any monitoring records required by this chapter, or knowingly fails
<br /> to report an uuauthdrized release, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of. not Less
<br /> than five thousand dollars (55,004) or more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) by
<br /> at fine an
<br /> imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed one year, or by both that
<br /> imprisonment.
<br /> (e) In determining both the civil aria criminal penalties imposed pursuant to this section, the
<br /> court shall consider all relevant cuocutnsta�o,ces, including, but not limited to, the extent of
<br /> harm or potential hath;caused by the violation, the nature of the violation and the period of
<br /> time over which it occurred, the fiequeney of past violations, and the corrective action, if
<br /> any, taken-by the person who holds the pe�nmit
<br /> (f) Eacb civil penalty or elriminal fine imposed pursuant to this section for any separate
<br /> violation shall be separate, and-in addition to, any other civil penalty or criminal fine
<br /> imposed pursuant to this section or any other provision of law, and shall be paid to the
<br /> treasury of the local. agency or state, whichever is represented by the office of the city
<br /> attorney, district attorney, or-Attorney General bringing the action. All penalties or fines
<br /> collected on behalf of'the board or a regional board by the Attorney General shall be
<br /> deposited in the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account in the State Water
<br /> Quality Control Fund, and are available for expenditure by the board, upon, appropriation,
<br /> pursuant to Section 13441 of the Water Code.
<br /> (g) This section shall become operative on January 1, 1991. (Added by Stats_ 1988, c_ 296,
<br /> Section 3; operative Jan_ 1,-1991, Amended by Stats. 1989, e, 11397, Section l9, operative
<br /> Jan. 1, 1991.)
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