Penalties fines

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Anti-Drag Abuse Act allows for the imposition of a civil penalty (fine) for persons possessing a small quantity of an illegal controlled substance. 

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People react to facts differently. Sometimes education helps to change their beliefs and values. Sometimes civil penalties (fines) modify their behavior. Sometimes nothing changes their beliefs or behaviors. 

Under authority of the Occupational Health and Safety Act in 1994, OSHA issued its HAZCOM Standard to address the assessment and communication of chemical hazards in the workplace. OSHA has authority to enforce its Hazard Communication standard (see Figure 14-1). Civil penalties (fines) and criminal penalties (for gross neglect) are possible... 

Those managing and working in laboratories should also recognize that violation of environmental health and safety laws and regulations not only may pose unnecessary risks to those in the laboratory and the surrounding community, but also can result in serious collateral consequences-imposition of civil penalties (fines of up to 25,000 per day per violation), as well... 

The citations mentioned here, along with the corresponding penalties (fines), are typically the result of one or more OSHA inspections. Often these inspections are brought on by an accident or fatality at the jobsite. We ve included this type of information to give you an idea of the types of violations that companies can be cited for. Employers can use this to help determine the training that would be needed to prevent these accidents and the resulting inspection and citations. 

In July 2012 another penalty fine (the third and final) was settled. At that time BP agreed to pay more than 13 million and abate violations in settlement agreement with OSHA. Penalty stems from citations for more than 400 PSM violations cited at the Texas refinery in October 2009. OSHA cited BP for willful violations of the PSM standard, including failing to follow industry-accepted engineering practices for pressure relief safety systems, including relief valve inlet pressure drops [24]. 

Penalty, fine, and liability are designed to create a safe environment through their deterrent effect. If an accident should happen despite this deterrent effect, it will be settled financially, at least, through the liability of the perpetrator. 

Any violation of a motor carrier safety regulation or of a state law or regulation can resrdt in a fine or other penalty. Fines usually constitute a forfeiture of money, either from a predetermined schedule or as set by the court. Other penalties could be ... 

Penalties for noncompHance are based on the severity of the violation, but is typically 25,000 per day for each day of noncompHance. When a noncompHance is deemed to be willful, ie, the company knew they were committing a violation, the penalty can include a jail term in addition to the fine. When people or the environment suffer damage, a company can be sued as weU. 

Has the facility received a notice of violation, penalty or fine concerning an environmental or health condition If yes, explain the cause of the violation, penalty or fine and agency involved. 

All permits must include a cap on emissions which cannot be exceeded without an approved revision of the permit. Permitted sources must periodically test and monitor their emisisons and report on these activihes every 6 months. Civil penalties include fines of not less than 10,000 per day for permit violahons and criminal penalties for deliberate false statements or representations, or for rendering inaccurate any monitoring device or method required in the permit. 

Has your enterprise been faced with a history of environmental litigation, fines, penalties, or corrective actions How many of these have occurred over the last five years, and what were the reasons ... 

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It is an offence to cause a noise nuisance while in breach of a notice. Proceedings in the magistrate s court can result in a fine of up to 2000 for each offence. It is also possible that the court may impose a daily penalty for continuing nuisances. 

Heroin and other opiates are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act making it illegal to possess them or to supply them to other people without a prescription. Heroin is treated as a Class A drug where the maximum penalties are 7 years imprisonment and a fine for possession and life imprisonment and a fine for supply. 

Ecstasy is a class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act. It is illegal to be in possession of or to supply it and the drug cannot be prescribed by doctors. The maximum penalties for possession of Ecstasy is 7 years imprisonment plus a fine and for supply is life imprisonment plus a fine. 

Sale of a deficient or misbranded economic poison is a violation of law, for which the seller is subject to prosecution as a misdemeanor. The maximum penalty is a fine of 500 or 6 months in jail. Repeated violations are cause for revocation of registration. This is a very drastic penalty and is seldom required. 

Fines Enhancement Laws of 1984 and 1987 increase penalties for all federal crimes, with double fines for corporations. The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act expedites the availability of less-costly generic drugs by permitting FDA to approve generics without repeating the safety and effectiveness research. 

Under section 118 of the Act, all data submitted by a company in support of an application to conduct clinical trials or market a medicinal product are confidential indeed even the existence of such an application is confidential. Breach of confidentiality attracts penalties and any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable (1) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 400 (2) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. ... 

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