(a) Any person who violates this article, any rule adopted pursuant to this article, or any condition of a permit issued pursuant to this article shall be fined by the department not more than $25,000 for each individual tank that is in violation for each day of each violation. Each day of each violation shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, any person who fails to comply with an order issued under this article or under any rule adopted pursuant to this article, within the time specified in the order or rule, shall be fined not more than $25,000 for each day of noncompliance with the order.
(b) Any person who:
(1) Denies, obstructs, or hampers the entrance, inspection, or conduct of release response activities by any duly authorized representative of the department at any building, place, site, facility, vehicle, or structure that the representative is authorized to enter or inspect, or at which the representative is authorized to conduct release response activities; or
(2) Fails to provide information requested by the representative as required under § 40-11.3;
shall be fined by the department not more than $500 per day of denial, obstruction, hindrance, or failure.
(c) All fines collected under this article will be considered special deposits pursuant to Charter § 7-114.
(d) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 91 to aid in the implementation and enforcement of this article.
(Added by Ord. 22-1)