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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 10.07.03.13" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="03" heading="Civil Money Penalties — Payment of Penalty/Establishment of Escrow Account.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A civil money penalty payment is due 15 calendar days after:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The time period for requesting a hearing has expired, if a request for a hearing has not been received; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Receipt of a written request from the agency to waive its right to a hearing and reduce the amount of the civil money penalty by 40 percent, if the written request is received by the Department within 30 calendar days of the Department's order imposing the civil money penalty.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The amount of the civil money penalty, when determined, may be deducted from any sum owed by the State to the agency.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>