TCEQ may assess fines of up to how much per day per violation?

• A. $10,000 per day per violation
• B. $1,000 per day per violation
• C. $25,000 per day per violation
• D. $100,000 per day per violation

Answer: (C)

Penalties are applied on a per-day, per-violation basis. For most civil enforcement actions under Texas law, the maximum penalty for each day a violation occurs is twenty-five thousand dollars. Because of the per-day structure, if a violation persists for multiple days, the daily penalty can accumulate, potentially reaching a total well above a single day’s amount.

This is the amount the test is testing you to know, since the other listed figures do not represent the standard per-day cap used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.