Penalties
Effective Jul 8, 2022Mass. Register #1473MGL c. 21A, §§ 2 and 8 MGL c. 111, § 150AMassachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- (1) General. A person who or which violates the provisions of M.G.L. c. 111, § 150A or 310 CMR 19.000 is subject to judicially imposed criminal and civil penalties as well as civil administrative penalties imposed by the Department. Each day that a violation occurs or continues constitutes a separate violation.
(2) Penalties.
- (a) A violation may be punished under the statute by the imposition of a penalty that does not exceed $25,000 for each day of violation.
- (b) A violation may be punished pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. c. 21A, § 16, and 310 CMR 5.00: Administrative Penalty, by the administrative imposition of a penalty of no less than $100 and not more than $25,000 for each day of violation.
- (c) A violation may be punished under the statute by a fine of not more than $25,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years in a house of correction.
- (3) Punishment. Punishment imposed under the statute is in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law.