(a) The board may include in the amount of the administrative penalty the actual costs of investigating and prosecuting the violation.
(b) The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,500 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

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(c) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:
(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:
(A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited acts; and
(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;
(2) the economic harm to property or the environment caused by the violation;
(3) the history of previous violations;
(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;
(5) efforts or resistance to efforts to correct the violation; and
(6) any other matter that justice may require.