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State Statutes - Idaho - Title 39 - Chapter 1 - 39-117
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39-117 - CRIMINAL VIOLATION -- PENALTY
(1) Any person who wilfully or
negligently violates any of the provisions of the non-air quality public
health or environmental protection laws or the terms of any lawful notice,
order, permit, standard, rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each separate
violation or one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for continuing violations,
whichever is greater.
(2) Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of the air
quality public health or environmental protection laws or the terms of any
lawful notice, order, permit, standard or rule issued pursuant thereto shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day per violation. In
addition, any person who knowingly releases into the ambient air any hazardous
air pollutant listed pursuant to section 112 of the federal clean air act 42
USC 7412, or any extremely hazardous substance listed pursuant to 42 USC
11002(a)(2) that is not listed under section 112, and who knows at the time
that he thereby places another person in imminent danger of death or serious
bodily injury shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than
two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per day, or by imprisonment of
not more than fifteen (15) years or both such fine and imprisonment. Any
person committing such violation which is an organization, shall, upon
conviction under this subsection, be subject to a fine of not more than one
million dollars ($1,000,000) for each violation. For any air pollutant for
which the environmental protection agency or the board of health and welfare
has set an emissions standard or for any source for which a permit has been
issued under title V of the clean air act amendments of 1990, a release of
such pollutant in accordance with that standard or permit shall not constitute
a violation of the provisions of this subsection.
 
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