Enforcement

1. Law
2. US Virgin Islands Code
3. Conservation
4. Underground Storage Tanks
5. Enforcement

• In addition to any other any other provisions or procedures set forth in this chapter, if the Commissioner finds that a person is in violation of this chapter, or has failed to comply with any provisions of any order, standard, rule or regulation promulgated or issued in accordance with this chapter, he may file suit, through the Office of the Attorney General, in the Superior Court, in the district where the noncompliance has occurred, to enjoin the act, obtain compliance or impose a penalty. The Court may issue injunctive relief or such other relief as may be appropriate and may exercise all plenary powers available to it, including but not limited to:

  • (1) enjoining the threat of or any further releases;

  • (2) ordering design, construction, installation, or operation of alternate facilities;

  • (3) ordering the removal of facilities, equipment, contaminated water and soils, and the restoration of the environment;

  • (4) assessing and ordering compensation for any public or private property destroyed, damaged or injured;

  • (5) assessing and order damages for injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources, including the reasonable costs of assessing such injury, destruction, or loss resulting from such a release;

  • (6) assessing and awarding punitive damages; and

  • (7) ordering reimbursement to any agency or department of the federal or territorial government from any person whose acts caused governmental expenditures pursuant to this chapter.

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