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formation as the Secretary may prescribe. Such application
shall include a detailed description of the proposed work and
a map showing the area of wetland directly affected, with
the location of the proposed work thereon, together with the
names of the owners of record of adjacent land and known
claimants of water rights in or adjacent to the wetland of whom the
applicant has notice. The Secretary shall cause a copy of such
application to be mailed to the chief administrative officer in the
county or counties where the proposed work or any part thereof
is located. No sooner than thirty days and not later than sixty days
after receipt of such application, the Secretary or his duly designated
hearing officer shall hold a public hearing in the county where the
land is located on such application. The Secretary shall cause notice
of such hearing to be published at least once not more than thirty
days and not fewer than ten days before the date set for the hearing
in a newspaper published within and having a general circulation in
each county where the proposed work, or any part thereof, is located.
All applications and maps and documents relating thereto shall be
open for public inspection at the offices of the Secretary, and the
chief administrative officer in the county. At such hearing any per-
son or persons may appear and be heard. No person may make such
an application within eighteen months of the denial of a prior appli-
cation for the same type permit or the final determination of any
appeal of such denial.

727.

In granting, denying or limiting any permit, the Secretary or his
duly designated hearing officer shall consider the effect of the pro-
posed work with reference to the public health and welfare, marine
fisheries, shell-fisheries, wildlife, economic benefits, the protection
of life and property from flood, hurricane and other natural dis-
asters, and the public policy set forth in this subtitle. In granting
a permit the Secretary may limit or impose conditions or limitations
designed to carry out the public policy set forth in this subtitle.

The Secretary may require a bond in an amount and with surety
and conditions satisfactory to it securing to the State compliance
with the conditions and limitations set forth in the permit. The
Secretary may suspend or revoke a permit if the Secretary finds that
the applicant has not complied with any of the conditions or limita-
tions set forth in the permit or has exceeded the scope of the work
as set forth in the application. The Secretary may suspend a permit

if the applicant fails to comply with the terms and conditions set

forth in the application. The Secretary shall state upon his record,
his findings and reasons for all actions taken pursuant to this section.
The Secretary shall cause notice of his order in issuance, denial,
revocation or suspension of a permit to be published in a newspaper
published within and having a GENERAL circulation in the county
or counties wherein the wetland lies. An appeal of the order may be
taken to the Board of Review of the Department of Natural Resources
as provided by Section 237 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code by the
applicant or the county or municipal government in which the land
is located. This proceeding shall be in the county where the land is
located and the Board shall view the affected land.