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Alaska Statutes.

Title 31. Oil and Gas

Chapter 5. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act

Section 150. Penalties.

AS 31.05.150. Penalties.

(a) A person who negligently violates a provision of this chapter, or a regulation or order of the commission adopted under this chapter, is liable for a civil penalty of no more than $5,000 a day for each day of violation, unless the penalty for violation is otherwise provided for and made exclusive in this chapter.

(b) A person who, for the purpose of evading this chapter or any regulation or order of the commission adopted under this chapter, knowingly commits an act specified in AS 11.46.630 (a) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(c) A person who knowingly aids or abets another person in the violation of any provision of this chapter, or a regulation or order of the commission adopted under this chapter is subject to the same penalty as that prescribed by this chapter for the violation by the other person.

(d) The penalties provided in this section are recoverable by suit filed by the attorney general in the name and on behalf of the commission in the superior court of the judicial district in which the defendant resides or in which any defendant resides, if there is more than one defendant, or in the superior court of the judicial district in which the violation occurs. The payment of a penalty does not relieve a person on whom the penalty is imposed from liability to any other person for damages arising out of the violation.

(e) The commission may impose a penalty payment on every 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas flared, vented or otherwise determined to be waste as defined in AS 31.05.170 . The penalty shall be the fair market value of the natural gas at the point of waste.

(f) A person who knowingly violates a regulation or order of the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no more than $5,000 a day for each day of violation.

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