§ 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.