NPDES Compliance Monitoring Inspector Training Module: Legal IssuesOffice of Water Enforcement and Permits, Enforcement Division, Enforcement Support Branch, 1990 - 104 pages |
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... inspections . Failure on the part of any duly authorized official , inspector , or agent to comply with its contents will not be a defense in any enforcement action , nor will a failure to comply with this guidance alone constitute ...
... inspections . Failure on the part of any duly authorized official , inspector , or agent to comply with its contents will not be a defense in any enforcement action , nor will a failure to comply with this guidance alone constitute ...
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... INSPECT 3. PERSONS SUBJECT TO INSPECTIONS 4. PREINSPECTION LEGALITIES 4.1 NEUTRAL INSPECTION PLAN 4.2 308 LETTERS 4.3 CONFIDENTIALITY 4.4 COMPLIANCE FILE 4.5 PERMITTEE RIGHTS 5. INSPECTION OBJECTIVES 6. INSPECTION LEGALITIES 6.1 ...
... INSPECT 3. PERSONS SUBJECT TO INSPECTIONS 4. PREINSPECTION LEGALITIES 4.1 NEUTRAL INSPECTION PLAN 4.2 308 LETTERS 4.3 CONFIDENTIALITY 4.4 COMPLIANCE FILE 4.5 PERMITTEE RIGHTS 5. INSPECTION OBJECTIVES 6. INSPECTION LEGALITIES 6.1 ...
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... INSPECTIONS 10.1 ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE 10.2 OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 10.3 SERVING AS A WITNESS 11. LIABILITIES 12. SUMMARY ... INSPECTION CANDIDATES APPENDIX C SAMPLE 308 LETTERS · APPENDIX D - EPA MEMORANDA ON ENTRY PROCEDURES APPENDIX E ...
... INSPECTIONS 10.1 ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE 10.2 OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 10.3 SERVING AS A WITNESS 11. LIABILITIES 12. SUMMARY ... INSPECTION CANDIDATES APPENDIX C SAMPLE 308 LETTERS · APPENDIX D - EPA MEMORANDA ON ENTRY PROCEDURES APPENDIX E ...
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... inspection program The Sampling Procedures module details procedures to be used when conducting sampling inspections ... Inspection Manual . These training modules were developed primarily for in - house training of Regional and State ...
... inspection program The Sampling Procedures module details procedures to be used when conducting sampling inspections ... Inspection Manual . These training modules were developed primarily for in - house training of Regional and State ...
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... inspections • Take enforcement actions , both civil and criminal , when violations of the Act occur . The NPDES ... inspection may be conducted wherever there is an existing NPDES permit or where a discharge exists or is likely to ...
... inspections • Take enforcement actions , both civil and criminal , when violations of the Act occur . The NPDES ... inspection may be conducted wherever there is an existing NPDES permit or where a discharge exists or is likely to ...
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Page 20 - States the sum of $100 for each and every day of the continuance of such failure, which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States...
Page 19 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person pursuant to this paragraph, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 15 - ... which the Administrator determines is reasonable, taking into account the seriousness of the violation and any good faith efforts to comply with applicable requirements. In any case in which an order under this subsection (or notice to a violator under paragraph (1...
Page 33 - ... (1) against any person (including (i) the United States, and (ii) any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution) who is alleged to be in violation of (A) an effluent standard or limitation under this Act or (B) an order issued by the Administrator or a State with respect to such a standard or limitation, or (2) against the Administrator where there is alleged a failure of the Administrator to perform any act or duty under...
Page 33 - The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought pursuant to this section, may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) to any party, whenever the court determines such award is appropriate.
Page 36 - Code. (2) If the petitioner applies to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence, and shows to the satisfaction of the court that such additional evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceeding before the...
Page 34 - No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by this Act.
Page 15 - Any action under this subsection may be brought in the district court of the United States for the district in which the defendant is located or resides or is doing business, and such court shall have jurisdiction to restrain such violation and to require compliance.
Page 17 - State, and any person who violates any order issued by the Administrator under subsection (a) of this section, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per day of such violation.
Page 1 - Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States in preventing and controlling water pollution...