§ 2-612. Noncompliance penalty
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironment
MD Code, Environment, § 2-612
§ 2-612. Noncompliance penalty
(a) The Secretary may adopt rules and regulations that:
(1) Are patterned after § 120 of the federal Clean Air Act1 and the federal regulations adopted under § 120 of the federal Clean Air Act; and
(b)(1) If a person fails to pay a noncompliance penalty in a timely manner, the Secretary may require the person to pay an additional nonpayment penalty for each quarter that the noncompliance penalty remains unpaid.
(c) If a person fails to pay a noncompliance penalty or nonpayment penalty imposed under this section, the Department may bring an action to collect the penalty in the same manner as a civil penalty is collected under § 2-610 of this subtitle.
Credits
Added by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2. Amended by Acts 1988, c. 539.
Formerly Art. 43, § 706A.
Footnotes
July 14, 1955, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, codified at 42 U.S.C.A. § 7401 et seq.
MD Code, Environment, § 2-612, MD ENVIR § 2-612
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.
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