3214                                           EXECUTIVE ORDERS

(c)    A description of the specific
variance sought, including the commencement
and termination dates for which the variance
is sought and the type of fuel, its sulphur
content and the quantities thereof, which the
petitioner proposes to utilize.

(d)    A description of the amount and
type of the petitioner's current fuel
inventories and of any fuel reserves available
to the petitioner at any other facilities
owned or operated by the petitioner,

(e)    A statement of the reasons why the
petitioner is unable to obtain the necessary
complying fuel. Documentation shall include:

(i) a list of suppliers,
domestic and foreign, from which
contracts were solicited, including
names, dates and places;

(ii) the types of contracts which
were solicited, their respective
durations and prices, and the types,
quality and quantity of fuel sought; and

(iii) the types of any contracts
which were available, but were rejected
by the petitioner.

(f)    A description of energy
conservation measures which the petitioner has
adopted or proposes to adopt at its facility.

(g)    An estimation of the impact which
the variance sought will have on air quality.

(h) Such additional information as the
Department requests.

3. Upon the filing of an acceptable
variance petition, a public hearing shall be
scheduled and held by the Department as soon as
possible thereafter, but no earlier than the tenth
day following the notice of hearing required by this
Section. The petitioner shall prominently advertise
notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county or City of Baltimore in
which is located the facility or source for which
the temporary variance is sought. Except as may be
otherwise provided by the Department, this notice
shall contain the following information: