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Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) - the City of Lompoc!

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OrderN. Penalties for Falsification <strong>of</strong> ReportsSection 309(c)(4) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CWA provides that any person who knowinglymakes any false material statement, representation, or certification in anyrecord or o<strong>the</strong>r document submitted or required to be maintained underthis General Permit, including reports <strong>of</strong> compliance or noncomplianceshall upon conviction, be punished by a fine <strong>of</strong> not more than $10,000 orby imprisonment for not more than two years or by both.O. Oil and Hazardous Substance LiabilityNothing in this General Permit shall be construed to preclude <strong>the</strong>institution <strong>of</strong> any legal action or relieve <strong>the</strong> discharger from anyresponsibilities, liabilities, or penalties to which <strong>the</strong> discharger is or may besubject to under Section 311 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CWA.P. SeverabilityThe provisions <strong>of</strong> this General Permit are severable; and, if any provision<strong>of</strong> this General Permit or <strong>the</strong> application <strong>of</strong> any provision <strong>of</strong> this GeneralPermit to any circumstance is held invalid, <strong>the</strong> application <strong>of</strong> suchprovision to o<strong>the</strong>r circumstances and <strong>the</strong> remainder <strong>of</strong> this General Permitshall not be affected <strong>the</strong>reby.Q. Reopener ClauseThis General Permit may be modified, revoked and reissued, orterminated for cause due to promulgation <strong>of</strong> amended regulations, receipt<strong>of</strong> U.S. EPA guidance concerning regulated activities, judicial decision, orin accordance with 40 Code <strong>of</strong> Federal Regulations (CFR) 122.62, 122.63,122.64, and 124.5.R. Penalties for Violations <strong>of</strong> Permit Conditions1. Section 309 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CWA provides significant penalties for any personwho violates a permit condition implementing Sections 301, 302, 306,307, 308, 318, or 405 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CWA or any permit condition or limitationimplementing any such section in a permit issued under Section 402.Any person who violates any permit condition <strong>of</strong> this General Permit issubject to a civil penalty not to exceed $37,500 11 per calendar day <strong>of</strong>such violation, as well as any o<strong>the</strong>r appropriate sanction provided bySection 309 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CWA.11 May be fur<strong>the</strong>r adjusted in accordance with <strong>the</strong> Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act.2009-0009-DWQ 27 September 02, 2009

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