3798                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 798

(1982 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health - Environmental

Section 9-222(d), 9-320, 9-332, 9-505(a)(16) and (17), and

9-510(b)(8)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

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

Article - Health - Environmental

9-222.

(c) [Agents] A REPRESENTATIVE of the Secretary shall be
allowed entry to

(1)  [any] ANY buildings, structures, or premises
owned by counties, municipalities, districts, or persons who
supply the public with water, ice, sewerage, or refuse disposal
service, or on any private properties, for the purpose of
collecting samples, records, [or] AND information [or
ascertaining whether the] TO ASCERTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH rules,
regulations, PERMITS, or orders of the Secretary [are obeyed.];
OR

(2)  ANY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, OR PREMISES OF AN
INDUSTRIAL USER THAT IS OR MAY BE SUBJECT TO PRETREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING SAMPLES, RECORDS, AND
INFORMATION TO ASCERTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH PRETREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THIS TITLE.

(D) THE SECRETARY MAY BRING AN ACTION FOR AN INJUNCTION TO
ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WITHOUT BEING REQUIRED TO
SHOW LACK OF AN ADEQUATE REMEDY AT LAW.

9-319.

(a) In addition to the powers and duties set forth
elsewhere in this subtitle, the Department has the following
powers and duties:

(9) To apply and enforce against industrial users of
publicly owned treatment works toxic effluent standards and
pretreatment [standards] REQUIREMENTS for the introduction into
treatment works of pollutants that interfere with, pass through,
or otherwise are incompatible with the treatment works; and

9-320.