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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="6-420" title_number="6" title_name="Toxic, Carcinogenic, and Flammable Substances" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Asbestos Removal">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall issue a written complaint if the Department has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to whom the complaint is directed has violated:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any order, permit, or certificate issued by the Department under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A complaint issued under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Specify the provision that allegedly has been violated; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>State the alleged facts that constitute the violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>After or concurrently with service of a complaint under this subtitle, the Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Issue an order that requires the person to whom it is directed to take corrective action within a time set in the order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Send a written notice that requires the person to whom it is directed to file a written report about the alleged violation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Send a written notice that requires the person to whom the notice is directed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To appear at a hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the allegations of a complaint; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To file a written report and also appear at a hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the charges in the complaint.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Any order issued under this section is effective immediately, according to its terms, when it is served.</text>
  </level>
</section>
