Document Citation: Md. ENVIRONMENT Code Ann. § 7-256

Header:
Annotated Code of Maryland
ENVIRONMENT
TITLE 7. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
SUBTITLE 2. CONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
PART VIII. ENFORCEMENT


Date:
08/31/2009

Document:

§ 7-256. Right of entry

(a) Entry for purpose of inspection. -- At any reasonable time, a representative of the Department or a representative of the health department of the political jurisdiction where the hazardous substance facility is located may enter any hazardous substance facility:

(1) To inspect the hazardous substance facility;

(2) To obtain water, waste, soil, or air samples;

(3) To drill test wells; and

(4) To measure the volume and kinds of substances that are received, treated, stored, or disposed of.

(b) Municipality. -- If a municipality in which a hazardous substance facility is located does not have a health department, the mayor of the municipality may designate the municipal agency that may enter and inspect a hazardous substance facility under this section.