455B.417 - PROHIBITED ACTS -- PENALTIES.

        455B.417  PROHIBITED ACTS -- PENALTIES.         1.  A person shall not knowingly do any of the following acts:         a.  Transport a hazardous waste identified under the      commission's rules to a hazardous waste storage, treatment or      disposal facility that is located in Iowa and that does not have a      permit under section 455B.415, subsection 1.         b.  Treat, store, or dispose of a hazardous waste identified      under sections 455B.411 to 455B.421 either without having obtained a      permit for the treatment, storage, or disposal under section      455B.415, subsection 1, or in violation of a material condition or      requirement of a permit.         c.  Make a false material statement or representation in an      application, label, manifest, record, report, permit or other      document filed, maintained or used for purposes of compliance with      the provisions of sections 455B.411 to 455B.421.         d.  Destroy, alter or conceal after July 1, 1981, any record      required to be kept under rules adopted by the commission under this      part.  This paragraph applies to all persons who generated, stored,      treated, transported, disposed of, or otherwise handled hazardous      waste after November 19, 1980.         2.  A person who violates subsection 1 is subject upon conviction      to a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or to      imprisonment for not to exceed one year, or both for each day of      violation.  If the conviction is for a violation committed after a      first conviction, punishment shall be by a fine of not more than      fifty thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two      years, or both for each day of violation.         3.  A person who violates a provision of this part or a rule,      permit, or order adopted or issued under this part is subject to a      civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation.      Each day of violation constitutes a separate violation.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C81, § 455B.136; 81 Acts, ch 151, § 5--8] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         C83, § 455B.417         84 Acts, ch 1158, § 7, 8         Referred to in § 29C.8A, 455B.413, 455B.414, 455B.415, 455B.416,      455B.418, 455B.419, 455B.420         Partial suspension; applicability; 2000 Acts, ch 1073, § 1