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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-415" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Drinking Water">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall give notice and hold hearings under this subtitle in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days after service of the order under this subtitle the person served may request in writing a hearing before the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If a person served with an order under this subsection makes a timely request for a hearing, the Department shall give the person written notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing, at least 10 days before the hearing date.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The order becomes final when the Department renders its decision following the hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </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 contempt any failure to obey its order issued under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Department in connection with an order or a permit issued under this subtitle may take judicial appeal in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
