Section 13-29-1-9 - Penalties and enforcementARTICLE IX. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENTa. Each party state shall prescribe and enforce penalties against any person who is not an official of another state for violation of any provision of this compact.b. The parties to this compact intend that the courts of the United States shall specifically enforce the obligations, including the obligations of party states and revoked or withdrawn party states, established by this compact.c. The Commission, an affected party state, or both may obtain injunctive relief, recover damages, or both to prevent or remedy violations of this compact.d. Each party state acknowledges that the transport into a host state of waste packaged or transported in violation of applicable laws, rules, and regulations may result in the imposition of sanctions by the host state which may include reasonable financial penalties assessed against any generator, transporter, or collector responsible for the violation, or suspension or revocation of access to the compact facility in the host state by any generator, transporter, or collector responsible for the violation.e. Each party state has the right to seek legal recourse against any party state which acts in violation of this compact.f. This compact shall not be construed to create any cause of action for any person other than a party state or the Commission. Nothing in Article IX(f) of this compact shall limit the right of judicial review set forth in Article III(n)(3) of this compact or the rights of contribution set forth in Articles III(p), VI(o), VI(s), and VII(g) of this compact.Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-5-9-9.
As added by P.L. 1-1996, SEC.19. Amended by P.L. 131-1996, SEC.10.