(a) On request of the Secretary, the owner or operator of an industrial establishment shall submit to the Secretary any plan, information, or record concerning the waste disposal methods the industrial establishment uses.
(b) (1) If the Secretary finds that public health or comfort is or may be threatened because the wastes of an industrial establishment have polluted or are polluting the waters of this State or because of the waste disposal methods an industrial establishment uses, the Secretary shall order the owner or operator of the industrial establishment:
(i) To stop polluting the body of water into which the industrial establishment discharges its waste; or
(ii) To alter the waste disposal methods of the industrial establishment in any way that the Secretary considers necessary to protect public health and comfort.
(2) The owner or operator of an industrial establishment shall comply with an order issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection within the time set by the Secretary.
(c) A person who is subject to an order issued under this section shall have a permit issued by the Secretary under § 9-204 of this subtitle before the person may change the waste disposal methods used by an industrial establishment.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 9 - Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities
Subtitle 2 - Regulation by State
Part II - Water Supply Systems, Sewerage Systems, and Refuse Disposal Systems
Section 9-204.1 - Installing, Altering, or Extending Incinerators
Section 9-204.2 - Installing, Altering, or Extending Landfill Systems
Section 9-206 - Water Supply Systems and Sewerage Systems for Subdivisions
Section 9-208 - Secretary to Advise Persons and Businesses
Section 9-209 - Landfill Systems -- Hearings
Section 9-210 - Landfill Systems -- Prerequisites for Issuance of Permit
Section 9-211 - Landfills, Incinerators, and Transfer Stations; Requirements for Security
Section 9-212 - Landfill Systems -- Option to Purchase
Section 9-212.1 - Landfill Systems -- Denial of Permit to Nongovernmental Person
Section 9-213 - Landfill Systems -- Term of Permit
Section 9-214 - Landfill Systems -- Revoking or Refusing to Renew Permit
Section 9-215 - Landfill Systems -- Closing and Covering When Operations End
Section 9-217 - Testing and Evaluating Lots for On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems
Section 9-218 - Sanitary Facilities Fund; Funding of Planning
Section 9-224 - Waste Disposal at and Water Pollution From Industrial Establishments
Section 9-225 - Landfill Near Hospital Prohibited
Section 9-226 - Certificate of Public Necessity Required for Hazardous Waste Landfill System
Section 9-227 - Infectious Waste in Landfill System Prohibited
Section 9-228 - Scrap Tires -- Storage, Recycling, and Disposal