360 CMR 2.32
Calculating Duration of Noncompliance for Purposes of a Penalty Assessment Notice
(1) When the Authority issues a Penalty Assessment Notice to a Person within two years after
it issued the Person a Notice of Noncompliance, and the Person failed to comply with
Requirements set forth in the Notice of Noncompliance by the date specified therein, a penalty
may be assessed for each Violation cited in the Notice of Noncompliance that occurred within
two years prior to the issuance of the Notice of Noncompliance and for each violation of the
same Requirement occurring thereafter.
No penalty may be assessed for Violations cited in a Notice of Noncompliance where the
Person to whom the Notice of Noncompliance was issued complied with the Requirements set
forth in the Notice of Noncompliance by the date specified, submitted any reports required by
the Notice of Noncompliance by the dates set forth, and completed the measure(s) by the date
set forth in the reports.
(2) When the Authority issues a Penalty Assessment Notice to a Person to whom it had not
issued a Notice of Noncompliance, or to whom it issued a Notice of Noncompliance more than
two years prior to the issuance of the Penalty Assessment Notice, a penalty may not be assessed
for any Violation by the Person of which the Authority had knowledge more than two years prior
to the Penalty Assessment Notice.