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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="1-301" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall carry out and enforce the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted under this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary may delegate duties, powers, and functions as provided in this article to a health officer for a county or to another county official authorized to administer and enforce environmental laws.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In those counties where a county official other than the health officer is authorized to administer and enforce State environmental laws under this section, the county shall establish minimum qualifications for that county official that include standards of education and experience related to environmental issues.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Department processes and issues on–site sewage disposal permits or individual well construction permits, the Department may charge a fee for processing and issuing the permits if a licensed environmental health specialist reviews and approves the permits.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The fees:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Shall be established by the Department in regulation; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, may not exceed $575.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Subject to subsubparagraph 2 of this subparagraph, the Department may annually increase the fees under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph in accordance with the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington Metropolitan Area during the previous year.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Department may not annually increase the fees under this subsection by more than 3%.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The fees collected by the Department under this subsection shall be deposited into the Maryland Clean Water Fund in § 9–320 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>On or before October 1 of each year, the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall submit to the Legislative Policy Committee, the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Environment and Transportation Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, a report on enforcement activities conducted by the Department during the previous fiscal year.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The report shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Include the information required under this subsection and any additional information concerning environmental enforcement that the Secretary decides to provide;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Be available to the public as soon as it is forwarded to the Legislative Policy Committee;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Include information on the total number of permits and licenses issued by or filed with the Department at any time and still in effect as of the last date of the fiscal year immediately preceding the date on which the report is filed;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Include information concerning specific enforcement actions taken with respect to the permits and licenses during the immediately preceding fiscal year; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Include information on the type and number of contacts or consultations with businesses concerning compliance with State environmental laws.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The information required in the report under paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be organized according to each program specified.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall state the total amount of money as a result of enforcement actions, as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Deposited in the Maryland Clean Air Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Deposited in the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up and Contingency Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Deposited in the Nontidal Wetland Compensation Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Deposited in the Maryland Hazardous Substance Control Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Recovered by the Department from responsible parties in accordance with § 7–221 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Deposited in the Maryland Clean Water Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The report shall include the information specified in subparagraphs (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of this paragraph for each of the following programs in the Department:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Ambient air quality control under Title 2, Subtitle 4 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Oil pollution under Title 4, Subtitle 4 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Nontidal wetlands under Title 5, Subtitle 9 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Asbestos under Title 6, Subtitle 4 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Lead paint under Title 6, Subtitle 8 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>Controlled hazardous substances under Title 7, Subtitle 2 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>Water supply, sewerage systems, and refuse disposal systems under Title 9, Subtitle 2 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>Water discharges under Title 9, Subtitle 3 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>Drinking water under Title 9, Subtitle 4 of this article; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="10">
          <text>Wetlands under Title 16, Subtitle 2 of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For each of the programs set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the Department shall provide the total number or amount of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Final permits or licenses issued to a person or facility, as appropriate, and not surrendered, suspended, or revoked;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Inspections, audits, or spot checks performed at facilities permitted;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Injunctions obtained;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Show cause, remedial, and corrective action orders issued;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Stop work orders;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>Administrative or civil penalties obtained;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>Criminal actions charged, convictions obtained, imprisonment time ordered, and criminal fines received; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>Any other actions taken by the Department to enforce the requirements of the applicable environmental program, including:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Notices of the removal or encapsulation of asbestos under § 6–414.1 of this article; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Actions enforcing user charges against industrial users under § 9–341 of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>In addition to the information required in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, for the Lead Paint Program under Title 6, Subtitle 8 of this article, the report shall include the total number or amount of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Affected properties registered; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Inspectors or other persons accredited by the Department, for whom accreditation has not been surrendered, suspended, or revoked.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>In addition to the information required in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, for the Controlled Hazardous Substances Program under Title 7, Subtitle 2 of this article, the report shall include the following lists, updated to reflect the most recent information available for the immediately preceding fiscal year:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Possible controlled hazardous substance sites compiled in accordance with § 7–223(a) of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Proposed sites listed in accordance with § 7–223(c) of this article at which the Department intends to conduct preliminary site assessments; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Hazardous waste sites in the disposal site registry compiled in accordance with § 7–223(f) of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>In addition to the information required in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, for the Drinking Water Program, the report shall include the total number of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Actions to prevent public water system contamination or to respond to a Safe Drinking Water Act emergency under §§ 9–405 and 9–406 of this article; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Notices given to the public by public water systems under § 9–410 of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
