Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-5-117
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Civil actions - Injunctions - Abatement - Civil
Official statutory text
penalties.
A. The Department shall have the authority to commence a civil
action for a permanent or temporary injunction or other appropriate
relief, or to require abatement of any emission or correction of any
contamination, or to seek and recover a civil penalty of not more
than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each violation,
or all of the above, in any of the following instances:
1. Whenever any person has violated or is in violation of any
applicable provision of the Oklahoma Clean Air Act, or any rule
promulgated thereunder;
2. Whenever any person has commenced construction, modification
or operation of any source, or operates any source in violation of
the requirement to have a permit, or violates or is in violation of
any substantive provision or condition of any permit issued pursuant
to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act; or
3. Whenever any person has violated any order of the Department
or the Council or any requirement to pay any fee, fine or penalty
owed to the state pursuant to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act.
B. The district attorney or attorneys having jurisdiction shall
have primary authority and responsibility for prosecution of any
civil or criminal violations under the Oklahoma Clean Air Act and
for the collection of any delinquent fees, penalties or fines
assessed pursuant to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act and shall be
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entitled to recover reasonable costs of collection, including
attorney fees, and an appropriate fee of up to fifty percent (50%)
for collecting delinquent fees, penalties or fines.
A. The Department shall have the authority to commence a civil
action for a permanent or temporary injunction or other appropriate
relief, or to require abatement of any emission or correction of any
contamination, or to seek and recover a civil penalty of not more
than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each violation,
or all of the above, in any of the following instances:
1. Whenever any person has violated or is in violation of any
applicable provision of the Oklahoma Clean Air Act, or any rule
promulgated thereunder;
2. Whenever any person has commenced construction, modification
or operation of any source, or operates any source in violation of
the requirement to have a permit, or violates or is in violation of
any substantive provision or condition of any permit issued pursuant
to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act; or
3. Whenever any person has violated any order of the Department
or the Council or any requirement to pay any fee, fine or penalty
owed to the state pursuant to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act.
B. The district attorney or attorneys having jurisdiction shall
have primary authority and responsibility for prosecution of any
civil or criminal violations under the Oklahoma Clean Air Act and
for the collection of any delinquent fees, penalties or fines
assessed pursuant to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act and shall be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources Page 120
entitled to recover reasonable costs of collection, including
attorney fees, and an appropriate fee of up to fifty percent (50%)
for collecting delinquent fees, penalties or fines.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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