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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="7-259" title_number="7" title_name="Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Controlled Hazardous Substances">
  <level label="a">
    <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 before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the allegations of the complaint; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To file a written report and also appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the charges in the complaint.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any order issued under this section is effective immediately, according to its terms, when it is served.</text>
  </level>
</section>
