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609.671.8(a)

Statute ID: 3046

Statute Function ID: 3204

Water Pollution-Knowingly

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Offense Level:

Felony (F)

General Offense Code:

Other (9)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Crimes Against Govt (Y) (Rank 19)

Detailed Offense Code:

Environmental Regulation (911)

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Statute Number:

609.671.8(a)

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1987

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Water Pollution-Knowingly

Statute ID:

3046

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Nov 20, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Corrected

Legal Analyst Comment:

2023 Subd. 1 Revisor Instruction 2023 c 52 art 6 s 16. Changed "one year" to "364 days"

Summary Text:

Water Pollution-Knowingly

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/671.html

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0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Sep 1, 2006

(a) A person is guilty of a felony who knowingly:

(1) causes the violation of an effluent standard or limitation for a toxic pollutant in a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit or state disposal system permit;

(2) introduces into a sewer system or into a publicly owned treatment works a hazardous substance that the person knew or reasonably should have known is likely to cause personal injury or property damage; or

(3) except in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements and permits, introduces into a sewer system or into a publicly owned treatment works a hazardous substance that causes the treatment works to violate an effluent limitation or condition of the treatment works' national pollutant discharge elimination system permit.

(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), "hazardous substance" means a substance on the list established under United States Code, title 33, section 1321(b).

(c) A person convicted under paragraph (a) may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000 per day of violation, or both.

(d) A person is guilty of a crime who knowingly:

(1) violates any effluent standard or limitation, or any water quality standard adopted by the agency;

(2) violates any material term or condition of a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit or state disposal system permit;

(3) fails to carry out any recording, reporting, monitoring, sampling, or information gathering requirement provided for under chapter 115 or 116; or

(4) fails to file a discharge monitoring report or other document required for compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system or state disposal system permit.

(e) A person convicted under paragraph (d) may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 364 days, or to payment of a fine of not less than $2,500 and not more than $25,000 per day of violation, or both. A person convicted for a second or subsequent offense may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years, or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000 per day of violation, or both.