Sec. 17. Penalties
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Section 16 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2615 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in the first sentence— by inserting this Act or a rule or order promulgated or issued pursuant to this Act, including after a provision of ; and by striking $25,000 and inserting $37,500 ; and in the second sentence, by striking violation of section 15 or 409 and inserting violation of this Act ; and in subsection (b)— by striking Any person who and inserting the following: Any person that ; by striking section 15 or 409 and inserting this Act ; by striking $25,000 and inserting $50,000 ; and by adding at the end the following:
Any person that knowingly or willfully violates any provision of this Act, and that knows at the time of the violation that the violation places an individual in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, shall be subject on conviction to a fine of not more than $250,000, or imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or both. An organization that commits a violation described in subparagraph
(A)shall be subject on conviction to a fine of not more than $1,000,000 for each violation. For purposes of determining whether a defendant knew that the violation placed another individual in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury— the defendant shall be responsible only for actual awareness or actual belief possessed; and knowledge possessed by an individual may not be attributed to the defendant. .
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