New York Laws
Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses
174-A - Use of Containment Booms.

(b) Any owner, lessee or operator violating any provisions of this
section or any rule promulgated thereunder shall: (i) if the transfer
involves and/or the vessel contains less than one million gallons, be
liable for a penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for
each offense in a court of competent jurisdiction; or (ii) if the
transfer involves and/or the vessel contains one million gallons or
more, be liable for a penalty of not more than fifty thousand dollars
for each offense in a court of competent jurisdiction. Every violation
of this section shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in case
of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be
deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
(c) All penalties and fines imposed under this section shall be
credited to the New York environmental protection and spill compensation
fund pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section one hundred
seventy-nine of this chapter.