1808

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

(B)  REQUIRED CONSIDERATIONS.

IN ADOPTING ANY RULE OR REGULATION UNDER THIS TITLE,
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER THINGS:

(1)  THE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR INDUSTRIAL
NATURE OF THE AREA AFFECTED;

(2)  ZONING;

(3)  THE NATURE AND SOURCE OF VARIOUS KINDS OF
AIR POLLUTION;

(4)  THE PROBLEMS OF ANY COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL
ESTABLISHMENT THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE RULE OR
REGULATION; AND

(5)  THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, POPULATION
DENSITY, AND TOPOGRAPHY OF ANY AREA THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY
THE RULE OR REGULATION.

(C)  GRAIN DRYING OPERATIONS.

ANY RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED UNDER THIS TITLE THAT
RELATES TO GRAIN DRYING OPERATIONS SHALL BE ADOPTED WITH THE
ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
43, § 693(d), § 697(a) and (c), and the first
sentence of § 696.

In subsection (a)(1) of this section, the former
words "or in various areas" are deleted as
unnecessary.

2-302. SAME --AIR QUALITY CONTROL AREAS.

(A)  AIR QUALITY CONTROL AREAS DESIGNATED.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DETERMINE AND MAY ALTER AIR
QUALITY CONTROL AREAS INTO WHICH THIS STATE IS DIVIDED.

(B)  STANDARDS IN AIR QUALITY CONTROL AREAS.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT
SET EMISSION STANDARDS AND AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR
EACH OF THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL AREAS IN THIS STATE.

(C)  AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.

(1) UNLESS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION REQUESTS A
MORE RESTRICTIVE STANDARD UNDER § 2-104 OF THIS TITLE, THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL SET AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR