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Ch. 23 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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compliance with requirements of this Act; authorizing the Department to reduce
or waive certain penalties under certain circumstances; providing for judicial
review of certain decisions under certain circumstances; requiring the
Department to treat certain allowances allocated by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency to the State in a certain manner; requiring certain facilities to
submit, to the Department, the Department of Natural Resources, and the
Public Service Commission, a certain compliance report by a certain date;
requiring the Department to review certain information received in accordance
with this Act; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; providing
for certain administrative and civil penalties for certain violations; providing for
criminal and civil penalties for a violation establishing certain allowance
penalties for certain violations of this Act; requiring the Department to allow a
certain affected facility to operate without complying with the requirements of
this Act under certain circumstances; prohibiting a certain affected facility from
operating above certain emissions levels; requiring the Department to review the
operations of an affected facility and establish a certain requirement by
regulation under certain circumstances; requiring the Public Service
Commission to expedite a certain review and approval or certificate of public
convenience; establishing a Maryland Carbon Reduction Fund in the Maryland
Energy Administration; providing for the operation and maintenance of the
Fund; providing that the Fund consists of certain fines and penalties, certain
proceeds, and certain other money; defining certain terms; requiring the
Department to enter into a certain contract to conduct a certain study; requiring
the Department to make a certain report on or before a certain date; and
generally relating to the emissions of four pollutants from power plants.
BY adding to
Article - Environment
Section 2-1001 through 2-1005, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle
10. Healthy Air Act"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Public Utility Companies
Section 7-206
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article—State Government
Section 9-2009
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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