ECL 71-1925 · Title 19. Enforcement of Titles 1 Through 11 and 15 Through 21 Inclusive of Article 17 and Spills of Bulk Liquids
Penalties
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* § 71-1925. Penalties.
1. The penalty for the discharge of sewage from any public sewer system into any of the waters of the state without a duly issued permit for which a permit is required by title 17 of article 17 shall be five hundred dollars, and a further penalty of fifty dollars per day for each day the violation is continued.
2. The penalty for the discharge of sewage from any public sewer system into any of the waters of the state without filing a report for which a report is required to be filed with the board of health of the municipality shall be fifty dollars.
3. The penalty for the discharge of refuse or waste matter from any shop, factory, mill or industrial establishment for which a permit is required by title 17 of article 17 without such permit shall be one hundred dollars and ten dollars per day for each day the violation is continued.
4. The penalty for the discharge of refuse or waste matter from any shop, mill, factory or industrial establishment, without filing a report where a report is required by title 17 of article 17 to be filed shall be twenty-five dollars and five dollars per day for each day the violation is continued.
5. The penalty for discharging into any of the waters of the state any other matter prohibited by section 17-1701 besides that specified above, shall be twenty-five dollars and five dollars per day for each day the violation is continued.
* NB Expired September 1, 1973
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