546                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 4

AND OBJECTIONS RAISED BY OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES AND LOCAL ENTITIES.

(VI) A PLAN FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
OF THE PROPOSED ACTION AND PROVISION FOR REMEDIAL
ACTIONS IF THE MONITORING REVEALS UNANTICIPATED
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE
CONSEQUENCES. [[THE SECRETARY SHALL STATE TO THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WHICH POSSIBLE AND PROPOSED
SITES, BASED ON PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT,
JUSTIFY AN UNSUITABLE CLASSIFICATION. UNLESS THE
ELECTRIC COMPANY WHOSE PROPOSED SITE IS INVOLVED
OFFERS THE SECRETARY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO THE
CONTRARY, THE SITE SHALL BE DELETED FROM THE PLAN.
THE SITE MAY BE INCLUDED IN A SUBSEQUENT TEN-YEAR
PLAN.]]

THE SECRETARY SHALL STATE TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE

COMMISSION WHICH POSSIBLE AND PROPOSED SITES, BASED ON

PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT, JUSTIFY AN

UNSUITABLE CLASSIFICATION. UNLESS THE ELECTRIC

COMPANY WHOSE PROPOSED SITE IS INVOLVED OFFERS THE

SECRETARY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY, THE

SITE SHALL BE DELETED FROM THE PLAN. THE SITE MAY BE

INCLUDED IN A SUBSEQUENT TEN-YEAR PLAN.

(3)    THE SECRETARY WITH THE ADVICE OF THE
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, SHALL INITIATE
A DETAILED INVESTIGATION OF ANY SITE PROPOSED IN THE
TEN-YEAR PLAN WHICH APPEARS DESIRABLE OR ACCEPTABLE ON
THE BASIS OF PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS.
WITH RESPECT TO ANY SITE IN THE PLAN ON WHICH
AUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT COMMENCED BY JULY 1,
1974, AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION IS
ESTIMATED TO BEGIN AND IF THE PREPONDERANCE OF NEWLY
OFFERED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE DOES NOT JUSTIFY A REVISED
CLASSIFICATION AS UNSUITABLE, THE SECRETARY SHALL
PUBLISH A DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ON THE
SITE. THE STATEMENT SHALL CONSIDER AND INCLUDE
INFORMATION DEVELOPED IN THE PROGRAM OUTLINED IN §
3-303.

(4)    THE SECRETARY, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE
SECRETARIES OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE AND 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. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE A SECTION
SPECIFYING THE CHANGES THAT CAN OCCUR AS ADDITIONAL
ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE TEN-YEAR PLAN. IT SHALL INCLUDE