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. (a) Any person who knowingly or negligently does any of the
following is subject to criminal penalties as provided in
subdivisions (b), (c), and (d):
(1) Violates Section 13375 or 13376.
(2) Violates any waste discharge requirements or dredged or fill
material permit issued pursuant to this chapter or any water quality
certification issued pursuant to Section 13160.
(3) Violates any order or prohibition issued pursuant to Section
13243 or 13301, if the activity subject to the order or prohibition
is subject to regulation under this chapter.
(4) Violates any requirement of Section 301, 302, 306, 307, 308,
318, 401, or 405 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1311, 1312,
1316, 1317, 1318, 1328, 1341, or 1345), as amended.
(5) Introduces into a sewer system or into a publicly owned
treatment works any pollutant or hazardous substances that the person
knew or reasonably should have known could cause personal injury or
property damage.
(6) Introduces any pollutant or hazardous substance into a sewer
system or into a publicly owned treatment works, except in accordance
with any applicable pretreatment requirements, which causes the
treatment works to violate waste discharge requirements.
(b) Any person who negligently commits any of the violations set
forth in subdivision (a) shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), nor more than
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), for each day in which the
violation occurs, by imprisonment for not more than one year in a
county jail, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If a conviction
of a person is for a violation committed after a first conviction of
the person under this subdivision, subdivision (c), or subdivision
(d), punishment shall be by a fine of not more than fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000) for each day in which the violation occurs, by
imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal
Code for 16, 20, or 24 months, or by both that fine and
imprisonment.
(c) Any person who knowingly commits any of the violations set
forth in subdivision (a) shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), nor more than
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), for each day in which the violation
occurs, by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170
of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If a
conviction of a person is for a violation committed after a first
conviction of the person under this subdivision or subdivision (d),
punishment shall be by a fine of not more than one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000) for each day in which the violation occurs, by
imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal
Code for two, four, or six years, or by both that fine and
imprisonment.
(d) (1) Any person who knowingly commits any of the violations set
forth in subdivision (a), and who knows at the time that the person
thereby places another person in imminent danger of death or serious
bodily injury, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not
more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), imprisonment
pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 5,
10, or 15 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment. A person
that is an organization shall, upon conviction under this
subdivision, be subject to a fine of not more than one million
dollars ($1,000,000). If a conviction of a person is for a violation
committed after a first conviction of the person under this
subdivision, the punishment shall be by a fine of not more than five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), by imprisonment pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 10, 20, or 30
years, or by both that fine and imprisonment. A person that is an
organization shall, upon conviction for a violation committed after a
first conviction of the person under this subdivision, be subject to
a fine of not more than two million dollars ($2,000,000). Any fines
imposed pursuant to this subdivision shall be in addition to any
fines imposed pursuant to subdivision (c).
(2) In determining whether a defendant who is an individual knew
that the defendant's conduct placed another person in imminent danger
of death or serious bodily injury, the defendant is responsible only
for actual awareness or actual belief that the defendant possessed,
and knowledge possessed by a person other than the defendant, but not
by the defendant personally, cannot be attributed to the defendant.
(e) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement,
representation, or certification in any record, report, plan, notice
to comply, or other document filed with a regional board or the state
board, or who knowingly falsifies, tampers with, or renders
inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this
division shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000), by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision
(h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16, 20, or 24 months, or by
both that fine and imprisonment. If a conviction of a person is for
a violation committed after a first conviction of the person under
this subdivision, punishment shall be by a fine of not more than
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day of violation, by
imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal
Code for two, three, or four years, or by both that fine and
imprisonment.
(f) For purposes of this section, a single operational upset which
leads to simultaneous violations of more than one pollutant
parameter shall be treated as a single violation.
(g) For purposes of this section, "organization," "serious bodily
injury," "person," and "hazardous substance" shall have the same
meaning as in Section 309(c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec.
1319(c)), as amended.
(h) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), funds collected pursuant to this
section shall be deposited in the State Water Pollution Cleanup and
Abatement Account.
(2) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fines
collected for a violation of a water quality certification in
accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or for a violation
of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1341) in
accordance with paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) shall be deposited
in the Water Discharge Permit Fund and separately accounted for in
that fund.
(B) The funds described in subparagraph (A) shall be expended by
the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist
regional boards, and other public agencies with authority to clean up
waste or abate the effects of the waste, in cleaning up or abating
the effects of the waste on waters of the state, or for the purposes
authorized in Section 13443.