Section 4-109 - Complaints; orders; notices.
§ 4-109. Complaints; orders; notices.
(a) Complaints.- 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:
(1) This subtitle;
(2) Any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle; or
(3) Any sediment control plan approved under this subtitle.
(b) Orders and notices generally.- 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) Effectiveness of orders.- Any order issued under this section is effective immediately, according to its terms, when it is served.
[1990, ch. 550; 1991, ch. 168.]