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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="4-211" title_number="4" title_name="Water Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Stormwater Management">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall give notice and hold any hearing under this subtitle in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 10 days after being served with an order under § 4–209(a)(1) of this subtitle or a notice under § 4–209(a)(2) of this subtitle, the person served may request in writing a hearing before the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department may make a verbatim record of the proceedings of any hearing held under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In connection with any hearing under this subtitle, the Department may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subpoena any person or evidence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Order a witness to give evidence.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A subpoenaed witness shall receive the same fees and mileage reimbursement as if the hearing were part of a civil action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>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:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Compel obedience to the Department’s order or subpoena; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Compel testimony or the production of evidence.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The court may punish as a contempt any failure to obey its order issued under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
