# Environment (GEN)

## Title 2. Ambient Air Quality Control

### Subtitle 6. Enforcement; Penalties

#### Section 2-602

(a) The Department may issue a show-cause order or a corrective order under this section if the Department has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to whom the order is directed has violated:

  (1) This title;

  (2) Any rule or regulation adopted under this title;

  (3) Any plan for compliance issued under this title; or

  (4) Any permit or registration issued under Sec. 2-401 of this title.

(b) The Department is not required to issue a show-cause order or a corrective order before enforcing this title by injunction or civil penalty under this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)