(1) When the Health Officer determines that a violation of these regulations has occurred or is occurring and the person responsible for the violation has been notified, and the violation has continued or continues to exist after 30 days from the date of that notification, the civil penalties listed in subsection (2) of this section shall begin to accrue on the thirty-first day after that notification.

(2) Civil monetary penalty schedule for violations by persons engaged in noncommercial dumping or littering of solid waste shall be as listed below. Penalties against a violator engaged in unlawful noncommercial dumping or littering of solid waste shall not during any one calendar year exceed $14,000.

(3) Civil monetary penalty schedule for all other violations of this chapter shall be as listed below. Penalties against a violator engaged in a violation of this code other than those listed in subsection (2) of this section shall not during any one calendar year exceed $26,000.

(4) Payment of any civil penalty shall be made to the Clallam County Treasurer and placed in the Health and Human Services – Environmental Health Division account. Payment of the civil penalty does not relieve any person of his or her duty to comply with these regulations.

(5) The accumulation of civil penalties may be stopped by the Health Officer if the violator begins compliance with this and lawful orders by the Health Officer.

(6) The civil penalty may be reduced by the Health Officer or a Hearing Officer if the violation is corrected within 30 days from the date of issuance of the administrative civil penalty, or according to a time schedule approved by the Health Officer. The penalty should not be reduced below recovery of the costs of administration and enforcement of these regulations. In exercising discretion for the reduction of civil penalties, the Health Officer shall consider the seriousness of the violation, the percentage of compliance achieved by the violator and other relevant factors.

(7) These civil penalties are a separate and independent method of civil enforcement and are supplementary to all other enforcement methods cited in these regulations.