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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="4-802" title_number="4" title_name="Water Management" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Report on Environmental Violations">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before January 1 each year, each jurisdiction that has delegated authority under Subtitle 1 of this title to enforce sediment and erosion control laws and regulations shall report to the Department on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The total number of cases alleging violations of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Sediment and erosion control laws and regulations; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Building and grading permits; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The total number of cases alleging violations in the Critical Area of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Sediment and erosion control laws and regulations; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Building and grading permits.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The information reported to the Department under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The number and nature of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Formal complaints issued by the jurisdiction and whether the complaint is in the Critical Area;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Stop work orders issued by the jurisdiction; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Alleged violations reported by citizens to the jurisdiction;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The number of court proceedings involving an alleged violation, including the final disposition of each court proceeding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The dollar amount of fines levied and collected by the jurisdiction as a result of a violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The dollar amount of civil and criminal penalties imposed and collected as a result of a violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Whether the jurisdiction provided compliance assistance to correct a violation and the nature of that assistance; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Whether the compliance assistance provided by the jurisdiction led to compliance; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The number of inspectors and other staff of the jurisdiction assigned to inspection and enforcement of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Title 8, Subtitle 18 of the Natural Resources Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Sensitive areas ordinances;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>100–year floodplain ordinances;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Sediment and erosion control laws and regulations; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Building and grading permits.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On request of a jurisdiction that has delegated authority under Subtitle 1 of this title to enforce sediment and erosion control laws and regulations, the Department shall provide technical assistance to the jurisdiction to meet the reporting requirements under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall post the information collected under subsection (a) of this section on its website.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before March 1 each year, the Department shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The information collected under subsection (a) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other information provided to the Department by a jurisdiction that has been delegated authority under Subtitle 1 of this title to enforce sediment and erosion control laws and regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
