Home Table of Contents

§ 5-515. Issuing orders and notices; hearing before Department

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironmentEffective: October 1, 2007

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 5. Water Resources (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Appropriation or Use of Waters, Reservoirs, and Dams (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2007
MD Code, Environment, § 5-515
§ 5-515. Issuing orders and notices; hearing before Department
Currentness
Orders and notices
(a) After or concurrently with the service of a complaint under this subtitle relating to water appropriation and use, the Department may:
(1) Issue an order that requires the person to whom the order is directed to take corrective action within a time set in the order;
(2) Send a written notice that requires the person to whom the notice is directed to file a written report about the alleged violation; or
(3) Send a written notice that requires the person to whom the notice is directed:
(i) To appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the charges in the complaint; or
(ii) To file a written report and also to appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the charges in the complaint.
Order effective upon service
(b) Any order issued under this section is effective immediately, according to its terms, when it is served.

Credits

Added by Acts 2007, c. 365, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.
MD Code, Environment, § 5-515, MD ENVIR § 5-515
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
End of Document