A. Unless otherwise authorized by the Department of Environmental Quality or stayed by a court of review, if a hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal or recycling facility fails to remit to the Department any administrative penalty assessed against the facility pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code, within the time period established by the final or consent order, the Department shall summarily suspend the hazardous waste operating permit of the facility.

B. Unless otherwise authorized by the Department or stayed by a court of review, if a hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal or recycling facility fails to pay to the Department any fee required to be remitted to the Department on a quarterly, annual or other periodic basis pursuant to the provisions of this article or by rule promulgated pursuant thereto within sixty (60) days after an invoice is mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the facility by the Department, the Department shall summarily suspend the hazardous waste operating permit of the facility.

C. Following suspension of a permit pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Department shall promptly institute proceedings for revocation of the permit pursuant to Section 2-3-502 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. Unless otherwise ordered by the Department or a court of review, the suspension or revocation of a hazardous waste operating permit shall not be deemed to relieve the facility from permit requirements for corrective action, closure of hazardous waste units, postclosure maintenance and monitoring, or similar requirements which relate primarily to remediation or closure.

E. The suspension or revocation of a hazardous waste operating permit shall not be deemed to require cessation of any operations at the facility which are unrelated to the treatment, storage, disposal or recycling of waste.