HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  2497

Environmental Article provisions that relate to the

Attorney General, prohibitions, injunctions,

enforcement, and penalties; correcting outdated
references to material in the Health - Environmental
Article; making stylistic changes; and generally
relating to corrections to the Health - Environmental
Article.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - Environmental

Section 2-401 and 2-402 7-263(a), 7-267(b), 7-268,

7-723, 9-339(a), 9-343(b), and 9-1311
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As enacted by Chapter____H.B./S.B.----) (S.B. 810)

of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1982)

BY adding to

Article - Health - Environmental

Section 9-344

Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter____(S.B. 810) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1982)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-8A-04(d) and 8-8A-05(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland

(as enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B./S.B.____) of the Acts of

the General Assembly of 1982) read(s) as follows:

Article - Health - Environmental

2-401.

(A) Except as provided in § 2-402 of this subtitle,
the Department may adopt rules or regulations that require a
permit or registration before a person constructs, modifies,
operates, or uses a source that may cause or control
emissions into the air.

(B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT RULES OR REGULATIONS THAT
REQUIRE A PERMIT OR REGISTRATION BEFORE A PERSON BURNS A
WASTE COMBUSTIBLE FLUID AS A FUEL. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO ALL STATIONARY SOURCES
INCLUDING GENERATING STATIONS CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED BY
ELECTRIC COMPANIES.