MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              3077

SUBTITLE.
6-507

(A)     FURTHER ACTION MAY NOT BE TAKEN BY THE
SECRETARY UNDER THIS SUBTITLE WITHOUT COMPLETION OF THE
STATEMENT REQUIRED UNDER § 6-506 OF THIS SUBTITLE, AND
ITS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND UNTIL THE
COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WHERE THE PROPOSED FACILITY IS TO BE
LOCATED HAS CERTIFIED TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT ALL
NECESSARY LOCAL APPROVAL HAS BEEN OR IS REASONABLY
EXPECTED TO BE EXTENDED FOR COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION.

(B)     [[WITHIN]] NOT MORE THAN 60 DAYS AFTER [[THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A) HAVE BEEN MET]] THE
STATEMENT IS COMPLETED. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HOLD AT
LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
FACILITY OR ANY PAST OF IT IS SITUATED TO SOLICIT THE
VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PERMIT APPLICATION. PRIOR
TO THE HEARING THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE THE STATEMENT
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IN ADDITION, ANY COMMENTS ON
THE STATEMENT PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OTHER
STATE DEPARTMENT, ANY PROPOSED PERMITS TO BE ISSUED BY
ANY STATE AGENCY TO THE APPLICANT, ANY CONDITIONS
PROPOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO GRANTING A PERMIT,
AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO THE HEARING.

(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE
HEARING BY FURNISHING THE SAME TO THE APPROPRIATE STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AS WELL AS PUBLISHING NOTICE
IN A NEWSPAPER OF STATESIDE CIRCULATION AND IN A
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN OR HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION IN
EACH AFFECTED COUNTY.

6-508

(A) WITHIN 90 DAYS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE
PUBLIC HEARING AND AFTER RECEIVING THE ADVISORY COMMENTS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECRETARIES OF STATE PLANNING,
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION THE SECRETARY SHALL
DECIDE WHETHER TO GRANT, GRANT CONDITIONALLY, OR DENY THE
PERMIT. THE SECRETARY'S DECISION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND
BASED UPON THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT, THE
PUBLIC HEARING RECORD, AND A DETERMINATION THAT THE
APPLICANT HAS SHOWN SATISFACTORILY THAT THE FACILITY;

(1) CONFORMS WITH AND MEETS ALL APPLICABLE
AIR. WATER. NOISE. AND SOLID WASTE LAWS OF THE STATE AS
DETERMINED AND CERTIFIED IN WRITING BY THE APPROPRIATE
STATE UNIT WITH JURISDICTION OVER THESE LAWS.

(2)______CONFORMS WITH [[THE ADOPTED COUNTY