2668

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 553

(C)    EACH STATE AGENCY THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN A
CONSOLIDATED HEARING WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES SHALL ACT
UPON THE APPLICATION BEFORE IT WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE
CONCLUSION OF THE CONSOLIDATED HEARING.

(D)    EACH STATE AGENCY WHICH DOES NOT CONDUCT A
HEARING SHALL ACT UPON THE APPLICATION BEFORE IT WITHIN
60 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE COMPLETED APPLICATION.

(E)    UNLESS THE STATE AGENCY PROCEEDS UNDER § 64,
FAILURE OF A STATE AGENCY TO ACT WITHIN THE TIME
PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION AND § 60 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE
AUTOMATIC APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT AS
SUBMITTED TO THAT AGENCY, AND A PERMIT SHALL FORTHWITH BE
ISSUED BY THE AGENCY.

(F)    EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL NOTIFY THE COORDINATOR
AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IF IT PARTICIPATED IN A JOINT
HEARING, OF ITS ACTION ON THE APPLICATION BEFORE IT.

64. EXTENSIONS OF TIME

(A)    A STATE AGENCY IS ENTITLED TO AN EXTENSION OF
THE TIME SPECIFIED IN § 60(C) FOR CONDUCTING OR
PARTICIPATING IN A HEARING, AND OF THE TIME SPECIFIED IN
§ 63 FOR MAKING A DECISION ON THE APPLICATION IF IT (1)
DETERMINES IN WRITING [[(1)]] THAT THE APPLICATION AND
APPENDICES ARE LACKING IN SPECIFIC REQUIRED INFORMATION
OR THAT TECHNICAL INFORMATION, TESTS OR STUDIES ARE
NECESSARY FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION, OR THAT
NEW INFORMATION REQUIRING FURTHER EVALUATION HAS BEEN
OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING, (2) [[A STATEMENT OF]]
STATES THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION, TESTS, AND STUDIES
NEEDED, AND (3) STATES THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THEIR
COMPLETION, IF THE INFORMATION, TESTS, OR STUDIES ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE
APPLICANT[[, THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THEIR COMPLETION.]]
THIS DETERMINATION SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE COORDINATOR
AND TO THE APPLICANT NOT LATER THAN 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE
SCHEDULED HEARING DATE.

(B)    SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C),
UPON THE TIMELY DELIVERY OF THIS DETERMINATION, THE TIME
LIMIT SHALL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 30 DAYS AFTER THE
INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM THE APPLICANT IS RECEIVED, OR
30 DAYS AFTER THE TIME SPECIFIED IN THE DETERMINATION FOR
THE COMPLETION OF THE OTHER INFORMATION, TESTS, AND
STUDIES NOT REQUIRED FROM THE APPLICANT, AS THE CASE MAY

BE. IF NEW INFORMATION IS OBTAINED FROM A PUBLIC

HEARING, THE COORDINATOR AND THE INVOLVED STATE AGENCY
SHALL JOINTLY AGREE TO A REASONABLE EXTENSION OF TIME
BEFORE THE AGENCY MUST ACT UPON THE PERMIT.

(C)    THE APPLICANT MAY APPEAL THE AGENCY'S