2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control
Section 22a-175 - (Formerly Sec. 19-508a). Penalties for violations. Penalties for false statements.
(a) Any person who knowingly or with criminal negligence violates any provision of this chapter, or any regulation, order or permit adopted or issued thereunder except for a violation of subsection (b) of this section, shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. A subsequent conviction for any such violation shall carry a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
(b) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter, or under any regulation, order or permit adopted or issued thereunder, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under the provisions of this chapter, or any regulation, order or permit adopted or issued thereunder, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation or imprisoned not more than six months for each violation, or both.
(1972, P.A. 103, S. 1; P.A. 76-232, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-338, S. 2, 11; P.A. 90-247, S. 4; P.A. 95-165, S. 2.)
History: 1972 act replaced previous provisions re grants to municipalities for reduction, control or elimination of waste disposal or air pollution (Revisor's note: The 1972 act was codified as Sec. 19-508a which statutory number had previously been assigned to 1969, P.A. 751, S. 9 in the 1969 supplement to the general statutes. The 1969 act was then transferred to Sec. 19-424m); P.A. 76-232 deleted option of three-month imprisonment for penalty and imposed $50 maximum penalty for first offense and $200 penalty for subsequent violations, replacing $100 maximum penalty previously applicable in all cases under Subsec. (a); Sec. 19-508a transferred to Sec. 22a-175 in 1983; P.A. 87-338 applied provisions of Subsec. (b) to any violation of Sec. 22a-178 or regulation adopted thereunder and deleted reference to burning in open air in Subsec. (a); P.A. 90-247 amended Subsec. (a) to apply penalties to violations of the chapter, orders or permits, increased the penalties from not more than $50,000, added provision re imprisonment and increased penalty for subsequent convictions, and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting all existing provisions and establishing a penalty for false statements; P.A. 95-165 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for a criminal penalty in the case of knowing violations instead of wilful violations and to make an exception for violations penalized under Subsec. (b).
