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Statutes > Maryland > Environment > Title-7 > Subtitle-2 > 7-259§ 7-259. Issuance of notice or order.
(a) In general.- After or concurrently with service of a complaint under this subtitle, the Department may:
(1) Issue an order that requires the person to whom it is directed to take corrective action within a time set in the order;
(2) Send a written notice that requires the person to whom it is directed to file a written report about the alleged violation; or
(3) Send a written notice that requires the person to whom the notice is directed:
(i) To appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the allegations of the complaint; or
(ii) To file a written report and also appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the charges in the complaint.
(b) Effective date of order.- Any order issued under this section is effective immediately, according to its terms, when it is served.
[1982, ch. 240, § 2.]
