§ 27-27. General violations and prohibitions.

(a)

Violations: It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person:

(1)

To cause pollution, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, so as to harm or injure or have the potential to cause harm or injury to human health or welfare, animal, plant, or aquatic life or property.

(2)

To fail to obtain any license, environmental review approval, or any other approval required by this chapter or by rule or regulation, or to violate or fail to comply with any rule, regulation, order, license, certification, environmental review approval, or any other approval adopted or issued by EPGMD pursuant to its lawful authority.

(3)

To knowingly make any omission, false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter, or to falsify, tamper with, or knowingly render inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this chapter or by any license, rule, regulation, or order issued under this chapter.

(4)

To fail to allow access for inspection.

(5)

To fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter.

(6)

To litter as prohibited by section 403.413, Florida Statutes, as amended.

(7)

To fail to keep on site, maintain, make available, post or display records or documents required by a license or this chapter.

(8)

To fail to prepare or submit a report or document required by a license or this chapter.

(b)

General discharges or releases: It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or release any substance into the air, water or soil or onto impervious ground which has the potential to discharge into the soil or water or which will cause a nuisance as herein defined.

(c)

Bypassing unlawful: Where any pollution control device or system has been provided, it shall be unlawful to bypass the device or system or any part thereof, or to operate in such a manner as to discharge pollutants into the air, water or soil or onto an impervious surface which has the potential to discharge into the soil or water. In the event of an emergency, EPGMD may authorize a temporary bypass. Such authorization shall not relieve the owner from liability under this chapter.

(d)

Circumvention: No person shall build, erect, install or use any article, machine, equipment, device or other contrivance, the use of which will conceal a discharge which would otherwise constitute a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2003-34, § 1, 9-23-03; Ord. No. 2005-08, § 2.05, 4-26-05; Ord. No. 2009-56, § 1, 8-25-09)