MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      547

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 IN THE TEN-YEAR PLAN. IN
PREPARING THIS SECTION, HE SHALL CONSIDER THE
PROJECTED ESTIMATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF ELECTRIC
COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 768 of the Code. The
only changes made are in style.

3-305. POWER PLANT SITE ACQUISITION.

(A) THE EXPERTISE OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN
THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSIDERATIONS OF A SITE FOR POWER GENERATION [[ARE

NEEDED ELEMENTS]] IS A NEEDED ELEMENT IN SITE

SELECTION. THEREFORE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF INSURING
ADEQUATE POWER ON REASONABLE SCHEDULES WHILE ALSO
PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENT,
SITE ACQUISITION MAY OCCUR AS FOLLOWS:

(1)   NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THIS SUBTITLE TO
THE CONTRARY, ANY SITE EITHER ALREADY OWNED OR
PURCHASED IN THE FUTURE BY ELECTRIC COMPANIES SHALL BE
INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF POSSIBLE AND PROPOSED
SITES.

(2)    THE SECRETARY, UPON THE ADVICE OF THE
SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SHALL
ACQUIRE IN THE NAME OF THE STATE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER
OF SITES TO SATISFY THE EXPECTED REQUIREMENTS AS
SUBMITTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE PLANNING AS
PROVIDED IN § 3-304 (4) . SITE SELECTION SHALL BE
BASED ON EXISTING RESEARCH FINDINGS THAT SHOW THE SITE
IS DESIRABLE FOR POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION. ANY
INVESTIGATION TO ASCERTAIN THE SUITABILITY OF A SITE
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION
SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE DATE THE
SITE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. BY THE END OF THE TWO YEAR
PERIOD, THE SECRETARY SHALL PURCHASE OR REMOVE FROM
CONSIDERATION THE SITE AND MAKE PUBLIC HIS DECISION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as the first paragraph of Article 66C,
section 769 (a) of the Code. The only
changes made are in style.