(225 ILCS 715/13) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4515)
Sec. 13. Penalties- Injunction. Any person required by this Act to have a permit who engages in surface mining without previously securing a permit to do so as prescribed by this Act, is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000. Each day of operation without the permit required by this Act shall be deemed a separate violation.
Authorized representatives of the Department shall by injunctive procedures close down at once any operator found to be surface mining without a permit or in violation of this Act. No liability whatsoever shall accrue to the Department or its authorized representative in closing down any operator pursuant to this Section.
(Source: P.A. 78-1295.)
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