BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        2383

shall take effect July 1, 1978.
Approved May 29, 1978.

CHAPTER 810

(Senate Bill 473)

AN ACT concerning

Hazardous Waste —-Landfill

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the installation of certain

     landfills within a certain distance of residential

property until a certain date the Maryland Port
Administration from disposing or causing the disposal

of designated hazardous substances in disposal

structures, systems, or geographic areas which were not
utilized for that purpose before a certain date; and
providing this Act is an emergency measure.

BY adding to repealing and reenacting, with amendments.

Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-1413.3 8-1413.2(g)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources
THE DEPARTMENT OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL

HYGIENE MAY NOT ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ANY

HAZARDOUS WASTE SANITARY LANDFILL UNLESS THE LANDFILL IS AT

LEAST 1,500 FEET FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

8-1413.2.

(g) Except as provided in Section 8—1413 and

regulations adopted pursuant to this subtitle, a person only

may dispose of designated hazardous substances in a

facility, UNTIL JULY 1, 1979, THE MARYLAND PORT

ADMINISTRATION MAY DISPOSE OF, OR CAUSE TO BE DISPOSED,

DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ONLY IN A DISPOSAL

STRUCTURE, SYSTEM, OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA UTILIZED FOR DISPOSAL
ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1978.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is