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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 11.04.08.05" title_num="11" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="08" heading="Enforcement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Administration may take action, as follows, against a nonconforming or an illegal junkyard.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Action That May Be Taken.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Nonconforming Junkyards. In addition to actions that the Administration is required to take against nonconforming junkyards by Transportation Article, §8-809, Annotated Code of Maryland, and in order to avoid the necessity of taking action under that section, the Administration may take one of the following actions against a nonconforming junkyard:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If the junkyard is licensed, the Section may revoke its license;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Administration may recycle the junk in any nonconforming portion of the junkyard and then close that portion.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Illegal Junkyards. When the Section determines that a junkyard is illegal, it may take either of the following legal actions:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>It may apply, in the name of the Administration, to a court of equity in the county in which the illegal junkyard is located, for an injunction; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>It may apply, in the name of the Administration, to the State's Attorney for the county in which the illegal junkyard is located, to institute criminal proceedings in accordance with Transportation Article, §8-812(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>