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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-11 Suspension of permit.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-11" heading="Suspension of permit.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Grounds for suspension.">A user’s wastewater discharge permit may be suspended:<para num="(1)">for any violation of &lt;cite data-path="|25"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; or applicable state and federal regulations; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">for failure to act in strict accordance with the conditions of the user’s wastewater discharge permit, including:<para num="(i)">failing to report or inaccurately reporting wastewater constituents and characteristics or changes therein;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">refusing right of entry guaranteed by §§ &lt;cite data-path="|25|§4-8"&gt;4-8&lt;/cite&gt; and &lt;cite data-path="|25|§21-5"&gt;21-5&lt;/cite&gt; of &lt;cite data-path="|25"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">failing to reapply for a permit or to request a required permit modification; or</para>
        <para num="(iv)">failing to pay the required permit fee.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Procedure.">
      <para num="(1)">The Director shall provide prior notice of the suspension as is in his opinion reasonably permitted by the circumstances.</para>
      <para num="(2)">If such notice does not conform to §§ &lt;cite data-path="|25|§21-6"&gt;21-6&lt;/cite&gt; and &lt;cite data-path="|25|§22-1"&gt;22-1&lt;/cite&gt; of &lt;cite data-path="|25"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; and the suspension is expected to continue or has continued in effect for more than 48 hours, the Director shall provide notice as set forth in said §§ 21-6 and 22-1 after the suspensions have taken effect.</para>
      <para num="(3)">This provision is in addition to statutes, rules, or regulations authorizing termination of service, including termination of existing wastewater connections, for delinquency in payment.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 25, §7(a)(8)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 84-129</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 91-775</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
