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Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-5-117: Civil actions - Injunctions - Abatement - Civil

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  2. Title 27A

penalties.

A. The Department shall have the authority to commence a civil

action for a permanent or temporary injunction or other appropriate

relief, or to require abatement of any emission or correction of any

contamination, or to seek and recover a civil penalty of not more

than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each violation,

or all of the above, in any of the following instances:

1. Whenever any person has violated or is in violation of any

applicable provision of the Oklahoma Clean Air Act, or any rule

promulgated thereunder;

2. Whenever any person has commenced construction, modification

or operation of any source, or operates any source in violation of

the requirement to have a permit, or violates or is in violation of

any substantive provision or condition of any permit issued pursuant

to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act; or

3. Whenever any person has violated any order of the Department

or the Council or any requirement to pay any fee, fine or penalty

owed to the state pursuant to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act.

B. The district attorney or attorneys having jurisdiction shall

have primary authority and responsibility for prosecution of any

civil or criminal violations under the Oklahoma Clean Air Act and

for the collection of any delinquent fees, penalties or fines

assessed pursuant to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act and shall be

entitled to recover reasonable costs of collection, including

attorney fees, and an appropriate fee of up to fifty percent (50%)

for collecting delinquent fees, penalties or fines.

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