The Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is empowered to issue orders to do or not to do, to cease and desist, and to show cause; to hold investigative and adjudicative hearings; and to impose administrative fines up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for infraction of this chapter, its regulations, or the orders issued thereunder. Any administrative decision of the Secretary may be reviewed by the Circuit Court of Appeals.
History —Aug. 21, 1999, No. 292, § 6.