A. 
A user who has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this chapter, a wastewater discharge permit, or an order issued hereunder, or any other order or requirement shall be liable to the district for a maximum civil penalty of $1,000 per violation, per day. In the case of a monthly or other long-term average discharge limit, penalties shall accrue for each day during the period of the violation.
B. 
The District Board may recover reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, and other expenses associated with enforcement activities, including sampling and monitoring expenses, and the cost of any actual damages incurred by the district.
C. 
In determining the amount of civil liability, the Court shall take into account all relevant circumstances, including but not limited to the extent of harm caused by the violation, the magnitude and duration of the violation, any economic benefit gained through the user's violation, corrective actions by the user, the compliance history of the user and any other factor as justice requires.
D. 
Such civil penalty may be released or compromised by the District Board before the matter has been referred to the district's attorney, and where such matter has been referred to the district's attorney, any such penalty may be released or compromised and any action commenced to recover the same may be settled and discontinued by the district's attorney, with the consent of the District Board.
E. 
Filing a civil suit for enforcement and/or penalties shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against a user.
A. 
In addition to the power to assess penalties as set forth in this section, the District Board shall have the power, following the hearing held in conformance with the procedures set forth in Article XIIA, to seek an order:
(1) 
Suspending, revoking or modifying the violator's wastewater discharge permit.
(2) 
Enjoining the violator from continuing the violation.
B. 
Any such order shall be sought in an action brought by the sewer district's attorney at the request of the District Board in the name of the district, in any court of competent jurisdiction, giving precedence to courts local to the district.
C. 
The district's counsel, at the request of the Executive Director, shall petition the Court to impose, assess and recover such sums imposed according to this chapter. In determining amount of liability, the Court shall take into account all relevant circumstances, including but not limited to the extent of harm caused by the violation, the magnitude and duration, any economic benefit gained through the user's violation, corrective actions by the user, the compliance history of the user and any other factor as justice requires.
A. 
Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or any final determination or administrative order of the District Board made in accordance with this chapter may be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both. Each offense shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing offense, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
B. 
Any user who knowingly makes any false statements, representations or certifications in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter, or wastewater permit, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 per violation, per day, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
C. 
No prosecution under this section shall be instituted until after final disposition of a show cause hearing, if any, was instituted.
When the Executive Director finds that a user has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this chapter, a wastewater discharge permit, or an order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, the Executive Director may petition a court of competent jurisdiction through counsel for the issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction, as appropriate, which restrains or compels the specific performance of the wastewater discharge permit, order or other requirement imposed by this chapter on activities of the user. The Executive Director may also seek such other action as is appropriate for legal and/or equitable relief, including a requirement for the user to conduct environmental remediation. A petition for injunctive relief shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against a user.
A. 
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this chapter, whenever the Executive Director finds, after investigation, that any user is causing, engaging in, or maintaining a condition or activity which, in his judgment, presents an imminent danger to the public health, safety or welfare, or to the environment, or is likely to result in irreparable damage to the POTW or the environment, and it therefore appears to be prejudicial to the public interest to allow the conditions or activity to go unabated until notice and an opportunity for a hearing can be provided, the Executive Director may, without prior hearing, order such user, by notice, in writing wherever practicable or in such other form as practices are intended to be proscribed, to discontinue, abate or alleviate such condition or activity, and thereupon such person shall immediately discontinue, abate or alleviate such condition or activity; or, where the giving of notice is impracticable, or in the event of a user's failure to comply voluntarily with an emergency order, the Executive Director may take all appropriate action to abate the violating condition. As promptly as possible thereafter, not to exceed 15 calendar days, the Executive Director shall provide the user an opportunity to be heard, in accordance with the provisions of this article.
B. 
If the user is not within the geographic boundaries of the district, the right of summary abatement to discontinue, abate or alleviate conditions or activities shall be those prescribed in the intermunicipal agreement.
C. 
The Executive Director, acting upon the belief that an emergency exists, shall be indemnified against any personal liability that may arise in the performance of his duties to protect the public health, safety or welfare, or to preserve the POTW or the environment.
Any person violating any of the provisions of the Sewer Use Law or the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued thereunder may, in addition, be civilly liable to the sewer district for any expense, loss or damage occasioned to the sewer district by reason of such violation, including but not limited to payment of counsel fees, court costs, court reporters and stenographic transcripts.
The remedies provided for in this chapter are not exclusive. The Executive Director may take any, all or any combination of these actions against a noncompliant user. Enforcement of pretreatment violations will generally be in accordance with the district's enforcement response plan. However, the Executive Director may take other action against any user when the circumstances warrant. Further, the Executive Director is empowered to take more than one enforcement action against any noncompliant user.