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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 1005

(H) "EMISSION STANDARD" MEANS A REQUIREMENT WHICH
LIMITS THE QUANTITY, QUALITY, RATE, OR CONCENTRATION OF
EMISSIONS FROM A SOURCE, INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO

THE OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE OF THE SOURCE TO ASSURE

CONTINUOUS EMISSION REDUCTION.

(I) "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE.

693.

[(b) The Department shall prepare and submit to the
Board for approval not later than June 1, 1968, regulations
establishing standards for emissions into the air and the
ambient air quality for each of the areas authorized by
subsection (a) of this section.

The governing body of any local jurisdiction within any
area may request the Department to recommend to the Board
for adoption a regulation establishing more restrictive
standards for emissions or ambient air quality to be
applicable within its geographic area.]

(B) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO

THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING
STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS INTO THE AIR AND THE AMBIENT AIR
QUALITY FOR EACH OF THE AREAS AUTHORIZED BY SUBSECTION (A)
OF THIS SECTION.

(2) THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANY LOCAL
JURISDICTION WITHIN ANY AREA MAY REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT TO
ADOPT MORE RESTRICTIVE STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS OR AMBIENT
AIR QUALITY TO BE APPLICABLE WITHIN ITS GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

(3) WITH REGARD TO AMBIENT AIR QUALITY, EXCEPT
AS PROVIDED IN §693 (E) (2), STANDARDS FOR POLLUTANTS SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL BE IDENTICAL TO THE
STANDARDS FOR POLLUTANTS FOR WHICH NATIONAL PRIMARY OR
SECONDARY AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS ARE PRESCRIBED AND
ADOPTED BY THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR
ANY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY ACTING PURSUANT TO §109 ET. SEQ. OF
THE FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT OR OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL
LEGISLATION.

(4)   THE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE
HEALTH, GENERAL WELFARE, AND PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE MAY ESTABLISH AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR
SUBSTANCES FOR WHICH NO NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
STANDARDS HAVE BEEN PROMULGATED. STATE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
STANDARDS MAY INCLUDE MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTANTS IN
SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN AIR IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT
TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE AIR IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN
THE BUILDUP OF THE POLLUTANT IN THE SUBSTANCE AND IF THE
SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT MONITORING OF THE SUBSTANCE OTHER
THAN AIR FACILITATES THE CONTROL OF THE POLLUTANT.

(5)    ALL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
PREVIOUSLY PROMULGATED WHICH ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THIS