---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 307.15"
title: "40"
number: "307.15"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/307.15"
---

# §307.15. Penalties.

- (a) If any person knowingly gives a material statement or representation in the application for preauthorization or in the claim that is false, misleading, misrepresented, or misstated, and EPA relies upon such a statement or representation in making its decision, the preauthorization or the award by EPA may be withdrawn following written notice to the claimant.
- (b) Any person who knowingly gives, or causes to be given, any false information as part of an application for preauthorization or of a claim (including any person who meets the conditions of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section) may, upon conviction, be fined or imprisoned in accordance with CERCLA [section 112(b)(1)](/cfr/40/112.md?p=b-1) and other laws.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.; sections 4 and 9, E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp. p. 193.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 5475, Jan. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.