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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 15.20.11.09" title_num="15" subtitle_num="20" chapter_num="11" heading="Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Certificate.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Certification of Operations.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>After the opportunity for a hearing, the Department may deny, suspend, or revoke the certification of any person who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>No longer meets the eligibility requirements of the Program;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Violates any of the regulatory requirements of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provides misleading, false, or fraudulent information in applying for a certification;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Provides the Department with any misleading, false, or fraudulent report;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Fails to promptly provide any report or to allow the Department access to inspect any operation certified under the Program or any record required to be kept by this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Fails to comply with Certainty agreement for the operation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Performs any action or fails to act in such a manner that the Department determines provides other good cause to deny, suspend, or revoke the certification.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Department shall give notice and hold hearings in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Department may consider the following when assessing whether suspension or revocation is warranted:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The willfulness of the violation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The extent to which the existence of the violation was known to the violator, but uncorrected by the person;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The extent to which the person exercised reasonable care;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Any actual harm to human health or to the environment or the natural resources of the State;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The available technology and economic reasonableness of controlling, reducing, or eliminating the violation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <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 person.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Certification of Verifiers.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>After the opportunity for a hearing, the Department may deny, suspend, or revoke the certification of any verifier who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>No longer meets the eligibility requirements of the Program;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Violates any of the regulatory requirements of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provides the Department with any misleading, false, or fraudulent report;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Fails to promptly provide any report or any record required to be kept by this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Fails to adhere to confidentiality requirements required by this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Fails to meet continuing education requirements for verifiers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Is determined to be negligent or incompetent; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Performs any action or fails to act in such a manner that the Department determines provides other good cause to deny, suspend, or revoke the certification.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Department shall give notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Department may consider the following when assessing whether suspension or revocation is warranted:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The willfulness of the violation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The extent to which the existence of the violation was known to the violator, but uncorrected by the person;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The extent to which the person exercised reasonable care; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Any actual harm to human health or to the environment or the natural resources of the State.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>