116C.74 PENALTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Penalties. Any person who violates section
116C.72 or who causes
radioactive wastes to be shipped in violation of section
116C.73 shall be guilty of a gross
misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $20,000 or a sentence of imprisonment
of not more than one year, or both.
Subd. 2.
Violations; penalties. (a) A person who violates section
116C.723,
116C.724,
or
116C.731 is:
(1) guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not more than $20,000; and
(2) subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day of violation, payable to
the state, and may be ordered by the court to pay to the state an additional sum as compensation
for cleanup and for pollution, destruction, or impairment of the environment, including but not
limited to contamination of water supplies or water aquifers.
(b) A violation of section
116C.723,
116C.724, or
116C.731 may be enjoined as provided by
law in an action in the name of the state brought by the attorney general.
(c) This subdivision does not limit other remedies otherwise available to either the state or
private parties for violations of section
116C.723,
116C.724, or
116C.731.
History: 1977 c 416 s 4; 1984 c 453 s 16; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1