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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="7-265" title_number="7" title_name="Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Controlled Hazardous Substances">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person who commits any of the following offenses is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or both:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Storing, treating, dumping, discharging, abandoning, or otherwise disposing of a controlled hazardous substance in any place other than a controlled hazardous substance facility for which a current facility permit is in effect;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Transporting for treatment, storage, or disposal a controlled hazardous substance to any place other than a controlled hazardous substance facility for which a current facility permit is in effect;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Falsifying any information required by the Department under this subtitle or any rule, regulation, order, hauler certificate, vehicle certificate, or facility permit issued under this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Authorizing, directing, or permitting any offense listed in this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who is convicted of violating the following sections of this subtitle or any regulation adopted under the following sections of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment for not more than 3 years, or both:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>§ 7-209 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>§ 7-249 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>§ 7-252 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each day on which a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any person who knowingly transports, treats, stores, exports, or otherwise disposes of a controlled hazardous substance in a manner that would constitute a violation under subsection (a) of this section and who knows at that time the violation places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $250,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 15 years or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the purposes of this subsection, in determining whether a person’s state of mind is knowing and whether a person knew that the violation or conduct placed another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, the criteria provided under § 3008(f) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6928(f)) shall apply.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
