(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person violating any provision of this chapter, or of any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount of $1,000 for each offense, or be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than 180 days or both. The court, in lieu of or in addition to any other sentence imposed, may direct a substitution of litter-gathering labor including but not limited to the litter or waste connected with the particular violation, under the supervision of the court. In no case, however, shall the litter-gathering labor be not less than fifteen hours nor more than three hundred hours in length. In cases where a peace officer has issued a notice of non-compliance pursuant to section 1561(b)(2) hereof, each day the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.
(b) In the case of willful non-compliance with any notice or compliance order issued pursuant to section 1561(c) or (d) of this chapter the violating permittee of a waste collection, transportation, or disposal service or facility or of a resource recovery or hazardous waste management facility, or the violating licensee of a redemption center may, subject to the limits set forth hereinbelow, be fined for each day of non-compliance in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for a second or subsequent offense. Upon conviction for a first offense under this subsection the penalty shall be not more than $25,000 or not more than one year imprisonment, or both. Upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense the penalty shall be not more than $50,000 or not more than two years imprisonment, or both.
(c) Any person violating section 1563(23) of this chapter shall be fined for each day of violation not less than five thousand ($5,000) dollars and not in excess of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, or one year imprisonment or both. A violator's waste collection permit may be subject to revocation for up to thirty (30) days per violation. No permit shall be revoked or suspended unless the permittee shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard at a full hearing by the Department of Planning and Natural Resources on such violation warranting revocation of the permit.