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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="1-305" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Alleged violation” means an alleged violation of any requirement in this article or any regulation authorized by a provision of this article, including federal requirements and standards delegated to the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Complaint” means a complaint regarding an alleged violation of any air or water quality requirement in this article or any air or water quality regulation authorized by a provision of this article, including federal requirements and standards delegated to the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning October 1, 2021, water quality programs within the Department’s Water and Science Administration that are tracked through the Department’s Environmental Tracking System or a comparable database; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beginning June 30, 2022:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Water quality programs within the Department’s Land and Materials Administration that are tracked through the Department’s Environmental Tracking System or a comparable database; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Air quality programs within the Department’s Air and Radiation Administration that are tracked through the Department’s Environmental Tracking System or a comparable database.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Receive and process complaints that involve alleged violations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Keep an electronic record of each complaint that is received under this section for 10 years, including information on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The county in which the alleged violation occurred; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Which administration within the Department is authorized to enforce the alleged violation; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Maintain and update, on at least a quarterly basis, a list of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>New complaints that have been received by the Department that involve alleged violations, including information on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The county in which the alleged violation occurred; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Which administration within the Department is authorized to enforce the alleged violation;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Complaints that remain open; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Complaints that have been closed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On at least a monthly basis, the Department shall update and publish on its website a list of legal settlements finalized by the Department that involve violations, including information on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The date a settlement was finalized;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The relevant law or regulation that is the basis of the violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Which administration within the Department is authorized to enforce the violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The name of the site or regulated entity and the location of the site at issue;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The amount of any penalty assessed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A description of the violation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A link to a downloadable document containing the final settlement agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Department shall develop and maintain a website to provide:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A list of each complaint received by the Department that includes only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date on which the complaint was submitted;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The county in which the alleged violation occurred;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Which administration within the Department is authorized to enforce the alleged violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any complaint or case identification number; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>If a complaint has been closed, the date on which the complaint was closed;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A list of each inspection that has been conducted by the Department during the immediately preceding 365 days under the authority of a State or federal law or regulation related to managing or protecting the environment that includes only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name of the site or regulated entity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The county and, if readily available, the zip code in which the inspection occurred;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If applicable, the permit number associated with the site;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any inspection identification number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Whether the site is in compliance or whether any additional investigation is necessary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The status of the inspection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>The media basis for the inspection;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An electronic link or other means of downloading a digital copy, if readily available, of an inspection report that includes information that is listed under item (2) of this subsection if the information is maintained by the Department in the Environmental Tracking System or a comparable database;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A list of each enforcement action that has been initiated by the Department during the immediately preceding 365 days under the authority of a State or federal law or regulation related to protecting or managing the environment that includes only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Whether any penalties were imposed and the amount of the penalties collected;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Whether any orders were issued;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Whether the case was referred for prosecution or further enforcement action;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Whether compliance assistance was rendered;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The county and, if readily available, the zip code in which the enforcement action occurred;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The enforcement action identification number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>If applicable, the permit number; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Which administration within the Department carried out the enforcement action;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A list of each violation discovered within the immediately preceding 365 days that the Department has deemed “significant noncompliance” or a “high–priority violation” that includes only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date on which the violation was identified as “significant noncompliance” or a “high–priority violation”;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date on which the site or regulated entity regained compliance, if applicable;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The county and, if readily available, the zip code in which the violation occurred;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Whether any enforcement action has been initiated or corrective action requested; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Which administration within the Department is authorized to enforce the violation;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A list of all expired and administratively continued environmental permits subject to this section, including information on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name of the permittee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The expiration date of the permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The permit number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The county and, if readily available, the zip code in which the site or regulated entity is located; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Any information on the status of the permit renewal process, including whether an application to renew the permit has been submitted and whether the permit is deemed to be expired or administratively continued;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>All information required to be posted on the Department’s website in accordance with § 4–802 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>A list of each sewage overflow incident in the State, including information on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The location of the sewage overflow;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The entity from which the sewage overflow originated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Whether the sewage was treated or raw sewage.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The information posted on the website in accordance with subsections (d) and (e) of this section shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Kept for at least 10 years;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Updated on at least a monthly basis; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Maintained in a database format to ensure that the information is searchable by category of information.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
