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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="4-418" title_number="4" title_name="Water Management" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Water Pollution Control and Abatement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any person responsible for a discharge of oil in violation of § 4-410(a) or (b) of this subtitle is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine or imprisonment or both for each offense as provided in § 4-417(b) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the civil penalties set forth in § 4-417(a) of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Liable for the pecuniary penalty specified in § 4-417(d) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to any other civil, criminal, or administrative penalty available, a person responsible for a discharge who violates § 4-410(a) or (b) of this subtitle in connection with a discharge or spill of oil exceeding 25,000 gallons is liable for a penalty, which may be recovered in a civil action, of up to $100 for each gallon discharged or spilled.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Clearance of a vessel or barge from a port of the State may be withheld until all penalties assessed under this subtitle and all compensatory fees charged under § 4-408 of this subtitle are paid. The penalties and compensatory fees constitute a lien on the vessel.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>All penalties collected under this section shall be paid into the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund.</text>
  </level>
</section>
