HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               2257

(a)  (1) (i) 1. In consultation with the appropriate
agencies of State and local government, the Service shall
prepare by June 1, 1981, an initial inventory of potential
hazardous waste facility sites and a program for utilizing
these sites that appear suitable for and capable of meeting
disposal demands.

2.  BY JUNE 1, 1983, IN CONSULTATION
WITH THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
THE SERVICE SHALL PREPARE AN INITIAL INVENTORY OF POTENTIAL
LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE SITES AND A PROGRAM FOR USING THOSE
SITES WHICH APPEAR SUITABLE FOR AND CAPABLE OF MEETING
DISPOSAL DEMANDS.

3.  IN CONSULTATION WITH APPROPRIATE
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND GOVERNING BODIES, THE SERVICE
SHALL ANNUALLY UPDATE THE INVENTORIES AND PROGRAMS PREPARED
UNDER SUB-SUBPARAGRAPHS 1. AND 2. OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.

[2.] 4. The Service shall develop
guidelines, consistent with the provision of this subtitle,
for evaluating types of sites for placement on the
inventory, and shall apply said guidelines uniformly to all
sites of a given type considered for placement on the
inventory.

3-712.

(b)  Any interested party, including a prospective user
of a hazardous OR LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR waste facility site who
generates hazardous OR LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR waste in this
State, may appeal a decision of the Board directly to the
circuit court of the jurisdiction of the proposed site. The
decision of the circuit court may be appealed to the Court
of Special Appeals of Maryland.

8-1413.2.

(a) In this section the following words and phrases
have the meanings indicated.

(1)  "Council" means the Hazardous Substance AND
LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE Advisory Council.

(2)  "Designated hazardous substance" means a
substance identified as a hazardous substance by the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene pursuant to this
section.

(3)  "Facility" means a disposal structure,
system, or geographic area designated by the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene for treatment, storage related to
treatment or disposal, or disposal of designated hazardous
substances OR LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE.

(4)  "Fund" means the Maryland Hazardous
Substance AND LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE Control Fund.