§ 79550 Noncompliance Civil Penalties

Health and Safety Code·California

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•If you get an order to fix something (like cleaning up pollution) and you ignore it without a good reason, you can be fined.
•The fine can be up to $25,000 for every day you don’t follow the order.
•You can be fined either through a court case or by the government directly.

Example

A factory is told to stop dumping waste into a river but keeps doing it for 3 days.

The factory ignored the order to stop polluting, so they could be fined up to $25,000 for each of those 3 days.

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§ 79550 Noncompliance Civil Penalties

Any person subject to a removal or remedial action order or other order issued pursuant to Section 78660, 78870, or 79055 who does not comply with that order without sufficient cause shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day of noncompliance. Liability under this section may be imposed in a civil action or liability may be imposed administratively pursuant to Section 79590. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)

Last verified: January 24, 2026

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 79550.

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