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any cease and desist order, termination of service, prohibition, effluent limitation, national standard of performance or national pretreatment or toxicity standard or requirement, shall be civilly and /or criminally liable to the City in a sum not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000) for each day in which such violation occurs (civilly liable to penalties imposed by the City) and in a sum not to be Tess than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for each day in which such violation occurs. The City may petition the Superior Court to impose, assess and collect such sums pursuant to this Chapter and Section 54740 of the California Government Code. Section 3 -18 -175. Acts Potentially Resulting in Violation of Federal Clean Water Act and /or Porter - Cologne Act. Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter, any provision of any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter, or who discharges waste or wastewater which causes pollution, or who violates any cease and desist order, prohibition, or effluent limitation, may also be in violation of the Federal Clean Water Act and /or Porter - Cologne Act and may be subject to the sanctions of those Acts including civil and criminal penalties. Any enforcement action authorized under this Article shall also include notice to the violator of such potential liability. Section 3 -18 -180. Civil Actions. In addition to any other remedies provided for in this Chapter, any violation of this Title 111 may be enforced by civil action brought by the City. In any such action, the City may seek, and the court shall grant, as appropriate, any or all of the following remedies: (a) A temporary and /or permanent injunction; (b) Assessment of the violator for the costs of any investigation, inspection, or monitoring survey which led to the establishment of the violation, and for the reasonable costs of preparing and bringing legal action under this subsection; (c) Compensatory damages for loss and destruction to water quality, wildlife, fish and aquatic life. Assessments under this subdivision shall be paid to the City to be used exclusively for programs of the Environmental Services Division. Section 3 -18 -185. Authority to Issue Citations of Arrest. The Manager may issue a citation for an infraction and notice to appear in the manner prescribed by Chapter 5c of Title 3, Part 2 of the Penal Code (or as the same may hereafter be amended.) It is the intent of the City Council that the immunities prescribed in Section 836.5 of the Penal Code be applicable to public officers or employees acting in the course and scope of employment pursuant to Title 3 of the Penal Code. Police officers, but not the Manager, shall have and are hereby vested with the authority to arrest 13