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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 23.02.04.18" title_num="23" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="04" heading="License Suspension or Revocation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board or its designee may suspend or permanently revoke a license when the action is considered to be in the State’s interest, after consulting with the Administrator and the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Grounds for suspension or revocation include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Violation of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Environment Article, Title 16, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>COMAR 26.24; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>This chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Failure of a licensee to comply with the requirements of an administrative action or order of the Department issued under COMAR 26.24 or 26.08.02, when appropriate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Failure of a licensee to pay compensation imposed in accordance with Regulation .12 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Violation of the license;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Misrepresentation in the application or failure to disclose a relevant and material fact;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Substantial deviation from the plans, specifications, or terms and conditions of a license;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Failure of the licensee to permit a representative of the Department to enter the site to make reasonable inspection at a reasonable hour; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Circumstances when the licensee’s rights under a license have not vested and receipt of new information, changed site conditions, or amended regulatory requirements necessitate suspension or revocation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>