MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(C)    IF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISAPPROVES THE
REQUEST ENTIRELY, IT SHALL PROCEED SEPARATELY TO CONSIDER
THE APPLICATION FOR THE LOCAL PERMIT. IF IT APPROVES THE
REQUEST WITH RESPECT TO ANY STATE AGENCY, THAT AGENCY
SHALL HAVE 10 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE FROM THE
COORDINATOR TO ELECT WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN A JOINT
HEARING AND TO NOTIFY THE APPLICANT, THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, AND THE COORDINATOR OF ITS DECISION. THE
COORDINATOR SHALL NOTIFY THE OTHER STATE AGENCIES. IF
THERE IS ONLY ONE STATE AGENCY AFFECTED, AND THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ELECTS TO HAVE A JOINT HEARING, THE STATE
AGENCY AFFECTED SHALL PARTICIPATE IN SAID JOINT HEARING,
UNLESS IT IS ENTITLED TO AN EXTENSION AS PROVIDED IN §64.

(D)    IF [[THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ONE OR MORE
STATE AGENCIES ELECT TO CONDUCT A JOINT HEARING]] A JOINT
HEARING IS TO BE CONDUCTED. IT SHALL BE HELD AT A DATE,
TIME, AND PLACE WITHIN THE COUNTY AS DETERMINED BY THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE HEARING SHALL BE CONDUCTED NOT
LESS THAN 30 DAYS NOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS AFTER THE STATE
AGENCIES MAKE THEIR ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE.

60. CONSOLIDATED STATE HEARINGS

(A)    A PERSON PROPOSING A PROJECT (1) WHICH DOES
NOT REQUIRE A LOCAL PERMIT, OR (2) FOR WHICH ALL LOCAL
PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, OR (3) FOR WHICH A REQUIRED
LOCAL PERMIT CANNOT BE ISSUED UNTIL ONE OR MORE STATE
PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, SHALL FILE ALL APPROPRIATE
APPLICATIONS AND APPENDICES WITH THE COORDINATOR, WHO
SHALL FORWARD COPIES OF THE RELEVANT PARTS OF THEM TO
EACH STATE AGENCY FROM WHICH A PERMIT IS REQUESTED. THE
APPLICATION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE [[UNDER
OATH]] THAT ONE OR MORE OF THE CONDITIONS ENUMERATED
ABOVE IS TRUE.

(B)    IF AN APPLICATION WAS FILED FOR A STATE PERMIT
IN CONNECTION WITH A REQUEST FOR A JOINT HEARING, IT NEED
NOT BE REFILED. HOWEVER, IF THE STATE AGENCY DID NOT
PARTICIPATE IN THE JOINT HEARING, THE APPLICANT SHALL
NOTIFY THE COORDINATOR OF THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, AND SHALL FILE WHATEVER AMENDMENTS TO THE
MASTER APPLICATION OR APPENDICES OR ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
MAY BE RELEVANT TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST FOR
THE STATE PERMIT. THE COORDINATOR SHALL FORWARD COPIES
OF THE RELEVANT PARTS OF THE AMENDMENTS, APPENDICES, AND
MATERIAL TO THE AFFECTED STATE AGENCIES.

(C)    UPON RECEIPT OF THE MASTER APPLICATION AND
APPROPRIATE APPENDICES, OR THE INFORMATION FILED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE
COORDINATOR SHALL, AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE AFFECTED
STATE AGENCIES, SET THE TIME, DATE, AND PLACE OF A
CONSOLIDATED HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE STATE