Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 4-109 - Complaints; orders; notices(a) The Department may issue a written complaint if the Department has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to whom the complaint is directed has violated: (2) Any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle; or(3) Any sediment control plan approved under this subtitle.(b) After or concurrently with service of a complaint under this subtitle, 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 appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the charges in the complaint.(c) Any order issued under this section is effective immediately, according to its terms, when it is served.