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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

STATE;

(8) THROUGH THE SECRETARY OR A HEARING OFFICER
WHO IS DESIGNATED IN WRITING BY THE SECRETARY, TO HOLD
HEARINGS, TO ISSUE HEARING NOTICES AND SUBPOENAS THAT
REQUIRE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF
EVIDENCE, TO ADMINISTER OATHS, AND TO TAKE NECESSARY
TESTIMONY;

(9) TO APPLY AND ENFORCE AGAINST INDUSTRIAL
USERS OF PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS TOXIC EFFLUENT
STANDARDS AND PRETREATMENT STANDARDS FOR THE INTRODUCTION
INTO TREATMENT WORKS OF POLLUTANTS THAT INTERFERE WITH, PASS
THROUGH, OR OTHERWISE ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE TREATMENT
WORKS; AND

(10) TO EXERCISE EVERY INCIDENTAL POWER
NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(B) RESEARCH; CONSULTANTS.

TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY:

(1) CONDUCT STUDIES, SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS,
RESEARCH, AND ANALYSES; AND

(2) EMPLOY CONSULTANTS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) of this section is new
language patterned in part after NR §
8-1405(a)(l) through (6), (10), (14), and (9) --
except as that item applies to "disposal systems"
and "treatment works" -- and in part derived
without substantive change from the first
sentence of former NR § 8-1413(k).

Subsection (b) of this section is new language
derived without substantive change from former
Article 43, § 724 and former NR § 8-1404(c).

In subsection (b) of this section, the reference
in former Article 43, § 724 to the enumerated
activities being "part of the comprehensive water
pollution control program" is deleted as
unnecessary.

9-320. RESERVED.

9-321. RESERVED.

PART IV. DISCHARGE PERMITS.

9-322. DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.