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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".19" citation="COMAR 15.06.02.19" title_num="15" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="02" heading="Civil Penalty.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If the Department determines that a violation of this subtitle has occurred, it may impose a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Instead of, or in addition to, suspension of the license, permit, or certificate; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In addition to revocation of the license, permit, or certificate.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>In assessing a civil penalty imposed under §A(1) of this regulation, the Department shall give consideration to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The willfulness of the violation, the extent to which the existence of the violation was known to the violator, but uncorrected by the violator, and the extent to which the violator exercised reasonable care;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Any actual harm to the agriculture, environment, and natural resources of this State; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The extent to which the current violation is part of a recurrent pattern of the same or similar type of violation committed by the violator.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Unless a stay has been granted, a person against whom a civil penalty has been imposed under this regulation shall pay the amount of the penalty to the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>