Ch. 739                          MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              1555

(3)   REGULATIONS DEFINING TECHNIQUE FOR FILLING AND
SEALING OF ABANDONED WATER WELLS AND HOLES, FOR
DISPOSAL WELLS, FOR MINES BOTH DEEP AND SURFACE, AND FOR
LANDFILLS TO PREVENT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION,
SEEPAGE, AND DRAINAGE INTO THE WATERS OF THE STATE;

(4)   REGULATIONS REGARDING THE SALE, OFFER, USE OR
STORAGE OF PESTICIDES, [ [DETERGENTS,]] AND OTHER ARTICLES
WHICH CONSTITUTE A WATER POLLUTION HAZARD IN THE
DETERMINATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION;

(5)  REGULATIONS OUTLINING THE PROCEDURES FOR WATER
POLLUTION EPISODES OR EMERGENCIES WHICH CONSTITUTE AN
ACUTE DANGER TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT;

(6)      REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING METHOD, FACILITIES,
STANDARDS, AND DEVICES FOR TRANSFER, STORAGE,
SEPARATION, REMOVAL, TREATMENT, AND DISPOSAL OF OIL AND
OTHER UNCTUOUS SUBSTANCES;

(7)   REGULATIONS SPECIFYING STANDARDS FOR EQUIPMENT
AND PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING POLLUTANTS, COLLECTION
OF SAMPLES, LOGGING AND REPORTING OF THE MONITORING.

(b) [Prior to establishing, amending, or repealing water quality and effluent
standards the Department shall, after due notice, conduct public hearings thereon.
Notice of public hearings shall specify the waters for which standards are sought to
be adopted, amended, or repealed and the time, date and place of the hearing.]

THE ADMINISTRATION MAY ADOPT, AMEND, OR REPEAL
PROCEDURAL RULES NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES
OF THIS SUBTITLE. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SHALL SPECIFY
THE GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER OF THE REGULATION AND, IF
APPROPRIATE, SHALL SPECIFY THE WATERS FOR WHICH THE
STANDARDS OR CRITERIA ARE SOUGHT TO BE ADOPTED,
AMENDED OR REPEALED AND SHALL PUBLICLY [[OR
OTHERWISE]] CIRCULATE NOTICE OF ITS INTENDED ACTION AND
AFFORD INTERESTED PERSONS OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT DATA
OR VIEWS, ORALLY OR IN WRITING.

(C) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY ADOPT, AMEND, OR REPEAL
SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
IN PROMULGATING REGULATIONS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, THE
ADMINISTRATION SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EXISTING
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA
INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING LAND
USES, PRIORITY RANKING OF WATERS WITH REGARD TO
EFFLUENT LIMITS, ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS, THE NATURE OF
THE EXISTING RECEIVING BODY OF WATER, THE TECHNICAL
FEASIBILITY AND ECONOMIC REASONABLENESS OF MEASURING
OR REDUCING THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF WATER POLLUTION,
AND ANY OTHER STANDARD AS EXPRESSED IN THE INTENT AND
PURPOSE OF THIS SUBTITLE. THE GENERALITY OF THIS GRANT OF
AUTHORITY SHALL ONLY BE LIMITED BY THE SPECIFICATIONS OF
PARTICULAR CLASSES OF REGULATIONS ELSEWHERE IN THIS
SUBTITLE. ANY REGULATION MAY (1) PRESCRIBE DIFFERENT
PROVISIONS AS REQUIRED BY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR DIFFERENT
POLLUTANT SOURCES AND FOR DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL