HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(2)  "REPEATED INFRACTION" MEANS A RECURRING VIOLATION
OF THE SAME PROVISION OF THE WSSC EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
REGULATIONS BY THE SAME PERSON.

(3)  "WSSC INFRACTION" MEANS A VIOLATION OF THE WSSC
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL RULES AND REGULATIONS.

(B)  (1) UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF § 9-101 OF THIS ARTICLE AND
§ 8-1104 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE, THE WSSC MAY ADOPT AND
ENFORCE REGULATIONS FOR EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
FOR UTILITY CONSTRUCTION IN PRINCE GEORGE'S AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES.

(2)  THE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL REGULATIONS
SHALL BE:

(I)  REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND

(II)  PUBLISHED AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THEIR
PROMULGATION IN AT LEAST ONE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN EACH COUNTY
OF THE SANITARY DISTRICT, AND THE PUBLICATION SHALL BE SUFFICIENT
NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS.

(3)  THE SWORN CERTIFICATE OF ANY MEMBER OF THE WSSC
OF THE PUBLICATION OF REGULATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION IS PRIMA
FACIE EVIDENCE OF PUBLICATION.

(C)  (1) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THE WSSC
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL REGULATIONS IS GUILTY OF A WSSC
INFRACTION, AND, UPON ISSUANCE DELIVERY OF A CITATION BY THE WSSC
UNDER SUBSECTION (D)(1) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL PAY TO WSSC A
CIVIL MONETARY FINE IN THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (C)(3)
OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(2)  EACH DAY THAT A VIOLATION REMAINS UNCORRECTED IS
A SEPARATE WSSC INFRACTION SUBJECT TO AN ADDITIONAL CITATION AND
FINE IN THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (C)(4) (C)(3) OF THIS
SECTION.

(3)  THE CIVIL MONETARY FINE FOR A WSSC INFRACTION
UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE $500 $250.

(4)  FOR A REPEATED INFRACTION, THE FOLLOWING FINES
SHALL APPLY:

(I)  2ND VIOLATION..................$1,000 $500;

(II)  3RD VIOLATION.............$1,500 $750; AND

(III)  EACH VIOLATION IN EXCESS OF 3......$2,000

$1,000.