Marvin Mandel, Governor                             91

Possible alternatives to the proposed site,

Any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources
which would be involved at the proposed site should it be approved,

Where appropriate, a discussion of problems and objections that
were raised by other State and Federal agencies and local entities,

A plan for monitoring environmental effects of the proposed ac-
tion and provision for remedial actions should the monitoring reveal
unanticipated environmental effects of significant adverse conse-
quences.

The Secretary of Natural Resources shall state to the Public Serv-
ice Commission which possible and proposed sites, based on pre-
liminary Environmental Statement, justify a classification as un-
suitable. Unless the electric company whose proposed site is involved
offers to the Secretary of Natural Resources substantial evidence to
the contrary, such site shall be deleted from the plan, provided,
however, that nothing in this subsection shall prevent the inclusion
of such site in subsequent ten-year (10) plans.

(8) For proposed sites in the ten-year plan which from the pre-
liminary Environmental Statements appear desirable or acceptable,
the Secretary of Natural Resources with the advice from OF the Sec-
retary of Health and Mental Hygiene will initiate detailed investiga-
tion of these sites. With respect to any site in the plan on which
authorized construction has not commenced prior to July 1, 1973,
1974, at least two years before construction is estimated to begin and
provided the incontrovertible PREPONDERANT weight of newly
offered scientific evidence does not justify revised classification of
the proposed site as unsuitable, the Secretary of Natural Resources
shall publish a Detailed Environmental Statement on the site. The
Statement shall consider and include information developed in the
"program" outlined in Section 764.

(4) The Secretary of Natural Resources with the advice of the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and Secretary of State
Planning shall publish on a biennial basis, commencing July 1, 1972,
a Cumulative Environmental Impact Report on all electric power
plants operating in the State of Maryland. The Report shall include
a section which specifies the changes that can occur as additional
electric power plants are constructed in accordance with the ten-
year plan. Further the Report shall include recommendations to the
Governor which delineate State environmental policy and objectives.
The Secretary of State Planning shall include a section devoted
exclusively to the question of growth and the specific growth-related
factors which necessitate specific additional increments of electric
energy by development of a site or sites in the 10-year plan. In pre-
paring this section, he shall consider the projected estimates and
recommendations of electric company representatives.

766. Power Plant Site Acquisition

(a) The expertise of the electric utilities in the basic requirements
including environmental considerations of a site for power genera-
tion is a needed element in site selection. Therefore, for the pur-
poses of insuring adequate power on reasonable schedules while also
protecting the quality of the State's environment, site acquisition
may occur as follows: