# Civil Penalties

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** COMAR 20.57.02.08
- **title:** Civil Penalties
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Maryland Public Service Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** Maryland pipeline-safety provision COMAR 20.57.02.08, Civil Penalties.
- **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/md-comar-20-57-02-08.json
- **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/md-comar-20-57-02-08.md
- **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/md-comar-20-57-02-08
- **source url:** https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/20.57.02.08
**body:**

A. Procedure. Following an investigation and a determination by the Division that there exists good cause to believe that a gas company or gas master meter operator violated minimum pipeline safety requirements, the Division may assess or negotiate a civil penalty under Public Utilities Article, §13-203, Annotated Code of Maryland.

B. Penalty Considerations. In proposing a civil penalty, the Division shall consider the criteria stated in Public Utilities Article, §13-203, Annotated Code of Maryland.

C. Payment Procedures. A gas company or gas master meter operator shall pay a civil penalty that has been proposed or compromised by submitting to the Commission a certified check or money order in the correct amount, payable to the Maryland Public Service Commission.
- **truncated:** false
- **body characters:** 775