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person of the actions that need to be taken to comply with this Ordinance or <br />said rules. Any person who fails to comply within the time specified is <br />subject to the civil and criminal. penalties provided in this Ordinance, and <br />the Department shall have the power to revoke the RM permit issued under the <br />authority of this Section. <br />SECTION VII. ENFORCEMENT. The following shall pertain to violations of this <br />Ordinance: <br />1. Double Tip Fee. Any person disposing of regulated recyclable material at the <br />Orange County Landfill in violation of this Ordinance, in addition to being <br />subject to the other remedies provided in this Ordinance, shall pay, for the <br />load or loads disposed of in violation of this Ordinance, double the tip fee <br />in effect at the time of the disposal. <br />2. Revocation of regulated recyclable material collection licenses. <br />A. When the Department finds that a RM licensee has violated a condition of <br />the License, as defined in this Ordinance, the licensee shall receive <br />written notice of the violation and be informed that if the violation is <br />not corrected or if another violation occurs within thirty (30) working <br />days the RM license shall be revoked. Notice of the revocation shall be by <br />written notice from the Department delivered or mailed by first class mail <br />to the licensee. Delivery by first class mail shall be the method of <br />delivery if the licensee cannot readily be served with the notice of <br />revocation in person. Upon receipt of the revocation notice, the RM <br />licensee shall stop collecting, transporting, or disposing of regulated <br />recyclable material originating in Orange County. <br />B. The Department may reinstate a RM license revoked for a violation of a <br />permit condition after the revocation has been in effect for thirty (30) <br />working days if the Department finds that the RM permit conditions causing <br />the violation have been corrected. <br />C. When the Department finds that a RM licensee has transported or accepted <br />for transport any regulated recyclable material that has not been <br />separated for purposes of recycling, or which has been commingled with <br />non-regulated recyclable material or solid waste, unless the material <br />and/or waste is to be delivered to an approved Commingled Recycling <br />Facility, or otherwise violated this Ordinance as set forth in paragraph 8 <br />of SECTION V of this Ordinance, the RM license shall be revoked for one <br />year if: <br />(1) the violation has occurred within thirty (30) days of another such <br />violation, or <br />(2) the violation is the fifth such violation to occur within one (1) <br />year. <br />If the Department issues a notice of revocation of an RM license pursuant <br />to this Section, the applicant may request a hearing with the Department <br />Director. The Department Director shall keep minutes of the hearing, <br />including all documents that are part of the revocation and all documents <br />submitted at the hearing. Within one week after the hearing the. Department <br />Director shall give the applicant written notice of the decision either <br />reinstating the license or affirming the revocation of the license. The <br />applicant may appeal the Department Director's decision to the Orange <br />8 <br />