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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 26.20.33.05" title_num="26" subtitle_num="20" chapter_num="33" heading="Suspension.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If, at any time before a final decision in a permit revocation and bond forfeiture proceeding, the permittee demonstrates that the permittee is making good faith efforts to bring the operation into compliance and submits a schedule acceptable to the Bureau for bringing the operation into complete compliance, the parties may request the hearing officer to order the temporary suspension of the permit, instead of revocation and forfeiture.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Suspension of a permit shall be accepted by the permittee in a written agreement in which the permittee stipulates to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The facts and circumstances which led to the show cause order;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The present conditions at the permit site;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A specific reclamation or compliance schedule;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The submission of periodic reports, or other conditions required by the Bureau, to ensure the operation is brought into compliance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The payment of any civil penalties assessed against the permittee within 30 days of the execution of the agreement; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The immediate revocation of the permit and forfeiture of the bonds by the Director, without further adjudication, if the permittee fails to comply with the schedule.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Suspensions may be lifted by the Director, in writing, based upon a finding that the operation has been returned to compliance with all requirements of the Regulatory Program. Lifting of suspension will result in reactivation of the permit.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the permittee fails to comply with any reclamation or compliance schedule set forth in a stipulation agreement, the Director shall immediately notify the permittee, in writing, and by certified mail, that the permit is revoked and the bonds or other collateral covering the permit are forfeited.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>