# Environment (GEN)

## Title 4. Water Management

### Subtitle 1. Sediment Control

#### Section 4-112

(a) The Department shall give notice and hold any hearing under this subtitle in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(b)

  (1) Any request for a hearing on an order issued under Sec. 4-109(b)(1) of this subtitle or a stop work order under Sec. 4-110(a) of this subtitle or a notice issued under  Sec.  4-109(b)(2) of this subtitle shall be made in writing no later than 10 working days after being served with the order.

  (2) If a request for a hearing on a stop work order issued under Sec. 4-110(a) of this subtitle is made under this subsection, the Department shall:

    (i) Hold the hearing no later than 10 working days after receiving the request; and

    (ii) Render a decision within 10 working days after the hearing.

(c) The Department may make a verbatim record of the proceedings of any hearing held under this subtitle.

(d)

  (1) In connection with any hearing under this subtitle, the Department may:

    (i) Subpoena any person or evidence; and

    (ii) Order a witness to give evidence.

  (2) A subpoenaed witness shall receive the same fees and mileage reimbursement as if the hearing were part of a civil action.

  (3) If a person fails to comply with a subpoena or order issued under this subsection, on petition of the Department, a circuit court, by order, may:

    (i) Compel obedience to the Department's order or subpoena; or

    (ii) Compel testimony or the production of evidence.

  (4) The court may punish as a contempt any failure to obey its order issued under this section.

---

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