3538

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

(9)  Issue, modify, or revoke orders and permits
prohibiting discharges of pollutants into the waters of the
State or require construction, modification, extension, or
alteration of new or existing disposal systems or treatment
works or parts of them or the adoption of other reasonable
remedial measures to prevent, control, or abate pollution or
undesirable changes in the quality of the waters of the
State;

(10)  Hold hearings, issue notices of hearing and
subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and
production of evidence, administer oaths, and take necessary
testimony; any of these powers may be exercised by the
[director] SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE or a
hearing officer the [director] SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE designates in writing;

(11)  Require prior submission of plans,
specifications, and other data relative to, and inspect
construction of, disposal systems or treatment works or any
part of them in connection with issuing permits or approvals
required by this subtitle;

(12)  Issue, continue in effect, revoke, modify,
or deny, under conditions it prescribes, permits to
discharge water or wastewater into waters of the State, and
install, modify, or operate disposal systems or any parts of
them;

(13)  Require proper maintenance and operation of
disposal systems; and

(14)  Exercise every incidental power necessary
to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.

(b) Water quality and effluent standards and rules and
regulations. — The [Administration] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE may set water quality and effluent
standards applicable to the waters of the State or portions
of it. The standards shall protect public health, safety,
and welfare and the present and future use of the waters for
public water supply, the propagation of fish and other
aquatic life and wildlife, recreational purposes, and
agricultural, industrial, and other legitimate uses. All
standards may be amended from time to time by the
[Administration] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE and
shall include but not be limited to:

(1) Water quality standards, specifying, among
other things, the maximum short-term and long-term
concentrations of pollutants in the water, minimum
permissible concentrations of dissolved oxygen and other
desirable matter in the water and the temperature range for
the water;