§ 4-313.1
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§4–313.1.
(1)The Department shall impose an administrative civil penalty on a person who owns or operates a sewage treatment plant that is in violation of § 4-302.1(b)(1), (c), or
(d)of this subtitle.
(2)The person accused of the violation shall have the right to a hearing but may waive that right in writing.
(3)The penalty imposed under this subsection shall be:
(i)$5 for each pound of phosphorus discharged monthly in violation of § 4-302.1(b)(1) of this subtitle; and
(ii)$2 for each pound of nitrogen discharged monthly in violation of § 4-302.1(c) or
(d)of this subtitle.
(1)Except as provided in paragraph
(2)of this subsection, a penalty imposed under this section may not be:
(i)Waived;
(ii)Reduced; or
(iii)Used to assist the penalized person in upgrading a sewage treatment plant.
(2)A penalty imposed under this section may be waived if the phosphorus or nitrogen discharged in violation of § 4-302.1 of this subtitle is due to an act of God or, if it could not reasonably have been anticipated by the owner or operator of the sewage treatment plant, a power outage or a massive leakage of any pollutant that contaminates the wastewater being treated.
(c)The Department shall deposit the penalties collected under this section in the Maryland Clean Water Fund created under § 9-320 of this article.
(d)The Department shall collect the penalties required to be imposed under subsection
(a)of this section on a monthly basis beginning on:
(1)February 15, 1989 for violations of § 4-302.1(b)(1) of this subtitle; and
(2)November 15, 1991 for violations of § 4-302.1(c) or
(d)of this subtitle.
(e)The penalties required to be imposed under this section are in addition to any other penalties provided by law.