Ch. 335 LAWS OF MARYLAND

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County
to take certain actions relating to the enforcement of the Erosion and Sediment
Control Ordinance of Calvert County; requiring certain notice under certain
circumstances; authorizing Calvert County to take certain actions at erosion and
sediment control sites that are in violation of certain permits, plans, or
ordinances; providing for the levy of certain charges to collect the cost of certain
work done by Calvert County; establishing certain procedures; providing for civil
penalties; providing that a person who undertakes certain erosion and sediment
control work without a permit is in violation of a certain ordinance; and generally
relating to the Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance of Calvert County.

BY adding to

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Section 10K

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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10K.

(A) THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CALVERT
COUNTY MAY PROVIDE FOR:

(1) THE ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTION OF VIOLATIONS OF
THE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE OF CALVERT
COUNTY;

(2) THE COLLECTION OF THE COST OF THESE ENFORCEMENT
AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; AND

(3) THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION AND OF THE
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE BY MEANS OF CIVIL
PENALTIES AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.

(B) (1) IF EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL WORK DOES NOT
COMPLY WITH OR CONFORM TO A PERMIT OR APPROVED PLANS, AND IF
CALVERT COUNTY DESIRES TO OBTAIN ANY PERFORMANCE BOND THAT
WAS REQUIRED FOR THE WORK, A WRITTEN NOTICE OF
NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL OR BE
DELIVERED BY HAND PERSONALLY TO THE PERMITTEE AND THE
SURETY.

(2) THE NOTICE SHALL SET FORTH THE NATURE OF THE
CORRECTIONS REQUIRED AND THE TIME WITHIN WHICH THE
CORRECTIONS SHALL BE MADE. IF THE PERMITTEE DOES NOT ACT ON
THE NOTICE WITHIN THE TIME SET FORTH, OR IF THE SITUATION IS

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