Sec. 10. Penalties.
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Sec. 10. Penalties.
(a)Any person who violates Section 3 prior to commencing the regulated release is guilty of a petty offense. Any person who violates Section 3 after commencing the regulated release is guilty of a business offense and may be fined an amount not to exceed $25,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense.
(b)Any person who intentionally violates Section 3 after commencing a regulated release is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and may be fined an amount not to exceed $25,000. A person who commits a second or subsequent violation under this subsection
(b)is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and may be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense.
(c)Any person who intentionally violates any requirement under subsections
(a)or
(b)of Section 7 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and may be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000.
(d)As used in this Section, a person acts intentionally to accomplish a result or engage in conduct when his conscious objective or purpose is to accomplish that result or engage in that conduct.
(e)Subsections
(a)and
(b)do not apply to any person who provides the information required under Section 3 to the Departments.