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Ch. 216
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Preamble
WHEREAS, The provision of adequate electric energy is
necessary to maintain and improve the commerce, welfare, and
prosperity of the citizens of Maryland; and
WHEREAS, The generation and distribution of electricity
entail the utilization of Maryland's environmental resources,
including air, land, and water; and
WHEREAS, The continued increase in electrical energy demand,
the obsolescence of older electric power plants, and changing
environmental requirements necessitate the construction of new
power plants and modification and fuel conversion of existing
electric power plants; and
WHEREAS, Detailed, site-specific environmental studies are
needed to provide the scientific basis for decisions on the
siting, construction, operation, and modification of new and
existing electric power plants; and
WHEREAS, The power plant siting program has met the
objectives of its founding legislation by developing numerous new
methods of predicting impacts of power generation technology upon
the environment, conducting investigative and validating
research, providing guidance for power plant design and operation
through the permit process, and helping to ensure orderly
governmental process without requiring the citizens of Maryland
to pay excessive costs, either as taxpayers or as consumers; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly therefore finds that the
public interest is served by continuing to involve both the
public and private sectors in a stable, long-range, and
comprehensive electric power plant environmental research program
to protect the quality of the State's environment, including the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributary waters, while also satisfying
the electric energy needs of people and industry; now, therefore,
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
3-302.
(b) The Secretary annually shall coordinate the preparation
of a budget required to carry out the provisions of this
subtitle. Upon approval of the budget by the General Assembly,
the Public Service Commission shall establish the amount of the
surcharge per kilowatt hour for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1972, and for each subsequent fiscal year. The surcharge may not
continue beyond [1985] 1990 nor may it ever exceed 0.2 mill per
kilowatt hour. The Comptroller shall maintain the method of
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