Alabama § 22-28-22 - Proceedings Upon Violation of Chapter; Penalties; Subpoenas; Injunctions.

§ 22-28-22. Proceedings Upon Violation of Chapter; Penalties; Subpoenas; Injunctions.

(a) Any person who knowingly violates or fails or refuses to obey or comply with this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, or knowingly submits any false information under this chapter, or any rule or regulation thereunder, including knowingly making a false material statement, representation, or certification, or knowingly rendering inaccurate a monitoring device or method, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the violation and an additional penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day thereafter during which the violation continues and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than one year.

(b) Any local air pollution control program operating pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 22-28-23 may enforce violations of the local air pollution control program and its rules and regulations in the same manner described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Any duly designated employee of the commission, including any hearing officer, may administer oath to witnesses and may conduct hearings or investigations, and any such duly designated employee of the commission may sign and issue subpoenas requiring persons to appear before him or her or the commission to give testimony and requiring the production of any papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, or records. The commission, through its designated officers, shall have the power to serve subpoenas upon any person by sending a copy of the subpoena through the United States mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified, with return receipt attached, and the service shall be complete when the registered or certified mail is delivered to the person and the receipt is returned to the commission or its designated employee, signed by the person being subpoenaed. Obedience to a subpoena issued by the commission or any person authorized and designated by the commission to issue a subpoena may be enforced by application to any judge of the circuit court of the county in which the subpoena was issued or to the judge of any circuit court in which the person subpoenaed resides in the same manner as is provided by law for the grand jury of a county to enforce its subpoenas and with the same penalty as provided for the failure of any person failing or refusing to comply with a subpoena.