2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources
§27A-2-7-129. Violations - Civil penalties.

In addition to any other remedies provided in the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act, the Department may:

1. Temporarily suspend the permit of any operator of a hazardous waste facility until such facility conforms to the provisions of the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act and the rules promulgated thereunder;

2. Revoke the operating permit or license of any person who flagrantly and/or consistently violates the provisions of the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act or the rules promulgated thereunder, or who operates in such a manner as to cause or to continue in existence an environmentally unsafe condition. Such revocation may only take place following proper hearing, and shall conform to provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act. Such person shall not be eligible for reissuance of a license when finally adjudicated as guilty of flagrant and consistent violations of the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act or rules promulgated thereunder;

3. Cause proceedings to be instituted in the district court having jurisdiction in the area where the alleged violation occurs seeking an injunction to restrain a violation of the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act or the rules promulgated thereunder or to restrain the maintenance of a public nuisance; and

4. Cause proceedings to be instituted in the district court having jurisdiction in the area where the alleged violation of the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act or the rules promulgated thereunder occurs seeking a civil penalty of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per day or part of a day such violation occurs.

Laws 1976, c. 251, § 13; Laws 1978, c. 260, § 12, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978; Laws 1981, c. 322, § 14, eff. July 1, 1981. Renumbered from Title 63, § 2763 by Laws 1981, c. 322, § 18, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 173, § 10; Laws 1992, c. 403, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 112, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-2012 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.