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N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-1925: Penalties

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  1. Environmental Conservation Law
  2. Article 71. Enforcement
  3. Title 19. Enforcement of Titles 1 Through 11 and 15 Through 21 Inclusive of Article 17 and Spills of Bulk Liquids

* § 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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