A person who wilfully or with gross negligence or recklessness violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation, permit, permit condition, or final determination or order of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day's violation or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 48-1-320
Penalties for violation of Pollution Control Act
Known as the Pollution Control Act
The act spans §§ 48–48 (41 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Hindt v. State (1980)
Most recently applied in State v. Peake (October 2001)
1962 Code SECTION 63-195.35; 1952 Code SECTION 70-133; 1950 (46) 2153; 1964 (53) 2393; 1969 (56) 764; 1970 (56) 2512; 1973 (58) 788; 1975 (59) 241; 2001 Act No. 95, SECTION 1.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.