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Maryland Code, Environment § 9-261

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The following sanitary districts and persons shall keep any record that the Secretary requires:

(1) Any sanitary district or person who supplies water, ice, sewerage, or refuse disposal service to the public;

(2) Any person who owns an industrial establishment; and

(3) Any person who owns a private water supply system or private sewerage system.

(b) Any sanitary district or person who keeps a record under subsection (a) of this section shall make the record available to the Secretary on request.

(c)(1) To determine compliance with any regulation, permit, or order of the Secretary, a representative of the Secretary may:

(i) Enter any private property;

(ii) Enter any building, structure, or land owned by a sanitary district or person who supplies water, ice, sewerage, or refuse disposal service to the public; and

(iii) Collect samples, records, and information.

(2) To determine compliance with pretreatment requirements of this title, a representative of the Secretary may:

(i) Enter any building, structure, or land of an industrial establishment that is or may be subject to pretreatment requirements; and

(ii) Collect samples, records, and information.

(d) The Secretary may bring an action for an injunction to enforce this section without showing lack of an adequate remedy at law.

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