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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 09.12.91.07" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="91" heading="Posting of Citations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Place of Posting.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided by this regulation, upon receipt of a citation issued under the Railroad Safety and Health Act, Labor and Employment Article, Title 5.5, Annotated Code of Maryland, a railroad company shall immediately post the citation, or a copy of it, at or near each place a violation alleged in the citation occurred.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a citation posted at or near a place of alleged violation would not be readily visible to affected employees, the railroad company shall post the citation in a place or places where it will be readily visible to affected employees.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The railroad company shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Post the citation or copy unedited; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure that, while posted, the citation or copy is not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Duration of Posting.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the railroad company does not file a notice of intention to contest a citation, the citation shall remain posted for the longer of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The period until the violation has been abated; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Three working days.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the railroad company files a notice of intention to contest a citation, the citation shall remain posted until the Commissioner of Labor and Industry issues a final order:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Vacating the citation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Affirming the citation, and the violation has been abated.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Contested Citation.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A railroad company that has filed a notice of intention to contest a citation may post a copy of the notice at each location where the citation is posted.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The notice in §D(1) may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Explain the reasons for the contest; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Specify the steps that have been taken to abate the violation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>