# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 20 — Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Under Federally Approved Program

### Chapter 33 — Permit Suspension, Revocation, and Bond Forfeiture

#### Regulation .03 Repeated Failure to Comply.

*COMAR 26.20.33.03*

A. The Director may review the history of violations of a permittee who, within a 12-month period, has been issued on:

  (1) Two or more occasions violation of the same or related requirements of the Regulatory Program;

  (2) Three or more occasions for violations of different requirements of the Regulatory Program.

B. The Director shall review the history of violations of a permittee who, within a 12-month period, has been issued on three or more occasions:

  (1) Violations for the same or related requirements of the Regulatory Program;

  (2) Cessation orders under COMAR 26.20.31.07B, regardless of whether the permittee abated the violation within 30 days.

C. After the review in §§A and B of this regulation, the Director shall determine whether a permittee has repeatedly failed to comply with the requirements of the Regulatory Program.