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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="11-208" title_number="11" title_name="Liquefied Gas Facilities and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hazardous Liquid Pipelines">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission may impose on a person who violates this subtitle or a regulation adopted in accordance with this subtitle a civil penalty that does not exceed the maximum penalties provided in 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601 (Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each day a violation continues is a separate violation under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To determine the amount of a penalty imposed under this section, the Commission shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>with respect to the violator:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the degree of culpability;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any history of prior violations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the ability to pay;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any effect on the ability to continue doing business; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>good faith in attempting to comply; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>other matters that justice requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
