Section 23 Enforcement

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The federal government may seek penalties of up to $27,500 per day for violations of RCRA. 42 U.S.C. § 6928(g); 40 C.F.R. § 19.4 (civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment rule). MoDNR also may impose penalties for violations of state hazardous waste requirements. Section 260.412, RSMo 2000. In Harmon v. United States, 191 F.3d 894 (8^th Cir. 1999), the Eighth Circuit struck down EPA’s practice of “overfiling” under RCRA or filing a duplicate RCRA enforcement action against a facility that has already...