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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="8-8A-12" title_number="8" title_name="Soil Conservation" subtitle_number="8A" subtitle_name="Food Processing Residuals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any other action authorized under this subtitle, the Department may impose administrative penalties up to $5,000 per day, not to exceed $50,000 in total penalties, for a violation of this subtitle, regulations adopted under this subtitle, or any condition of the permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The penalty shall be assessed with consideration given to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The willfulness of the violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The extent to which the existence of the violation was known to the violator but uncorrected by the violator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The extent to which the violator exercised reasonable care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The extent to which the violation resulted in actual harm to the environment or to human health or safety;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The nature and degree of injury to or interference with general welfare, health, and property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The extent to which the current violation is part of a recurrent pattern of the same or similar type of violation committed by the violator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The extent to which the violation creates the potential for harm to the environment or to human health or safety.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
