Florida Statute 376.311 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE

Chapter 376
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE PREVENTION AND REMOVAL

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376.311 Penalties for a discharge.—

(1) The penalty provisions of this section do not apply to any discharge promptly reported and, where applicable, removed by an operator in accordance with the rules and orders of the department when the site has been determined eligible for participation in a program described in s. 376.3078 or s. 376.3079.

(2) Penalties assessed herein for a discharge shall be in accordance with the provisions administered by the department in chapter 403.

History.—s. 84, ch. 83-310; s. 11, ch. 92-30; s. 9, ch. 94-355; s. 12, ch. 96-277.

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Sunshine Jr. Stores, Inc. v. STATE, DER, 556 So. 2d 1177 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 7630

...state." The effect of this allegation was to accuse Sunshine of a violation of Section 376.302, Florida Statutes (1985), prohibiting the discharge of pollutants into or upon any waters of the state or lands in violation of any departmental standard. Section 376.311(2), Florida Statutes (1985), moreover, states that the penalties for a discharge shall include those provided in chapter 403, and Section 403.141(2), Florida Statutes (1985), specifically declares that if two or more persons pollute t...

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