Section 71-1921 - Enforcement of section 17-17291. Any person putting in or constructing or maintaining a conduit, discharge pipe or other means of discharging or casting any refuse or waste matter in violation of section 17-1729 shall forfeit to the people of the state five dollars a day for each day the same is used or maintained for such purpose, to be collected in an action brought by the commissioner.2. The commissioner may maintain an action in the name of the people to restrain a violation of section 17-1729.N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 71-1921