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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="7-512" title_number="7" title_name="Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Voluntary Cleanup Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a participant may withdraw from the Program at the time of a pending application or response action plan, or after receiving a certificate of completion, and may not be obligated to complete an application or a response action plan if the participant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provides 10 days’ written notice of the anticipated withdrawal to the Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Stabilizes and secures the eligible property to the satisfaction of the Department to ensure protection of the public health and the environment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Forfeits any application fees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an inculpable person who withdraws from the Program may not be required by the Department to clean up the eligible property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an inculpable person withdraws from the Program, the inculpable person shall be liable for new contamination or the exacerbation of existing contamination at the eligible property as provided in § 7–505 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a responsible person withdraws from the Program, the Department may take any applicable enforcement action authorized under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a participant fails to meet the schedule for implementation and completion of the response action plan that is set forth in the plan, the Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Reach an agreement with the participant to revise the schedule of completion in the response action plan; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an agreement cannot be reached under paragraph (1) of this subsection, withdraw approval of the response action plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the Department withdraws approval of an inculpable person’s response action plan under subsection (d)(2) of this section, the inculpable person may not be required by the Department to complete the response action plan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Department withdraws approval of an inculpable person’s response action plan under subsection (d)(2) of this section, the inculpable person:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall stabilize and secure the eligible property to ensure protection of the public health and the environment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall be liable for new contamination or the exacerbation of existing contamination at the eligible property as provided in § 7–505 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the Department withdraws approval of a responsible person’s response action plan:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The responsible person shall stabilize and secure the eligible property to ensure protection of the public health and the environment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Department may take any applicable enforcement action authorized under this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If an application, a response action plan, or a certificate of completion is withdrawn under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any letter or certificate of completion issued to an applicant or a participant under this subtitle shall be void; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any bond or other security shall be maintained for a period not to exceed 16 months from the date the response action plan is withdrawn.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
