444.596 - Solid waste management authority: Recovery of civil penalties for violations.

444.596  Solid waste management authority: Recovery of civil penalties for violations.  The solid waste management authority may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from a person or municipality which violates any statute or regulation, any term or condition of a permit issued pursuant to NRS 444.505, 444.553 or 444.556, or any order issued pursuant to NRS 444.592, a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each day on which the violation occurs. This penalty is in addition to any other penalty provided in NRS 444.440 to 444.620, inclusive.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 13; A 1993, 1421; 2009, 1083)