1480                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                               Ch. 702

AND THAT IN EVERY CASE THE STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED
PRIOR TO FINAL DECISIONS INVOLVING THE USE OF STATE FUNDS
OR STATE OWNED LAND;

(7)     PROVISION FOR UPDATING OR RECIRCULATION OF
PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS OR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS IF AN AGENCY PROPOSES
AN ACTION SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED;

(8)   PROVISION THAT NO ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN SOONER
THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND THE PUBLIC;

(9)  PROVISION FOR]] THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PREPARATION
OF SINGLE, PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL [[IMPACT STATEMENTS]]
EFFECTS REPORTS IF A SERIES OF ACTIONS TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY
ARE OF MINIMAL SIGNIFICANCE BUT IF THE CUMULATIVE
[[IMPACT]] EFFECT OF THE ACTIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT IS
SIGNIFICANT OR IF A SERIES OF ACTIONS ARE RELATED EITHER
GEOGRAPHICALLY OR AS LOGICAL PARTS IN A CHAIN OF
CONTEMPLATED ACTIONS;

[[(10) PROVISION FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PREPARATION
OF SINGLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS IF MORE
THAN ONE AGENCY IS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE PROPOSED ACTION;

(11)   PROVISION FOR COORDINATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN, OR WILL
BE, PREPARED FOR THE SAME ACTION PURSUANT TO THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
(42 U.S.C. 4321) AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS;

(12)     PROVISION FORD]] (3) THE POSSIBILITY OF THE
PREPARATION OF MODIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL [[IMPACT
STATEMENTS]] EFFECTS REPORTS ON REMAINING DECISIONS
SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
THAT ARE PARTS OF ACTIONS BEGUN BEFORE BUT NOT
COMPLETED BY JULY 1, 1974; AND

[[(13) PROVISION FOR]] (4) THE ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE AND PURSUANT TO THE
GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, FOR THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
[[IMPACT STATEMENTS]] EFFECTS REPORTS BY EACH STATE
AGENCY THAT TAKES ACTIONS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE
QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

[[(C) IF THE GOVERNOR FINDS, IN THE CASE OF A PROPOSED
STATE ACTION WHERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
IS REQUIRED BUT IS NOT PREPARED OR COMPLETED, THAT
FAILURE TO PROCEED WITH THE ACTION, OR SOME PORTION OF
SUCH ACTION, ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS COULD RESULT IN AN
EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT THREATENS THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND WELFARE, HE MAY, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, DECLARE THAT
SUCH ACTION, OR PORTION OF SUCH ACTION, MAY BE
UNDERTAKEN FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED NINETY (90)