WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 300

(C) AN APPLICANT WHO APPLIES FOR A PERMIT OR A RENEWAL OF A
PERMIT TO OPERATE A LANDFILL OR A LANDFILL SYSTEM SHALL DISCLOSE
ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SUBTITLE OR ANY REGULATION ADOPTED UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE THAT WAS COMMITTED BY A PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY
COMPANY THAT WAS UNDER THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTROL OF THE
APPLICANT IN THE CAPACITY AS A PRINCIPAL OPERATOR, STOCKHOLDER,
OR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.

THE DEPARTMENT MAY DENY AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT FOR A
SANITARY LANDFILL SYSTEM TO ANY NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSON IF:

(1) THE OWNER OF THE LAND OR, THE OPERATOR, OR THE
APPLICANT HAS VIOLATED:

(I) ANY LAW OF THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE
CONCERNING SANITARY LANDFILLS; OR

(II) ANY REGULATION OR PERMIT CONDITION OF THIS
STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE CONCERNING SANITARY LANDFILLS; OR

(2) THE DEPARTMENT FINDS THAT OPERATION OF THE
SANITARY LANDFILL SYSTEM WOULD HARM PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE
ENVIRONMENT.

9-214.

The Department may REVOKE or OR refuse to renew a permit
for a landfill system if:

(1) The permit holder violates any provision of this
subtitle, any regulation adopted under this subtitle, [or] any
condition of the permit, OR, IF OPERATING A LANDFILL IN ANOTHER
STATE, ANY STATUTE, REGULATION, OR PERMIT OF ANY OTHER THAT STATE
CONCERNING LANDFILL SYSTEMS;

(2) The Department finds that continued operation of
the landfill [refuse disposal] LANDFILL system may would be
injurious to public health or the environment; or

(3) The Department finds that there is any other good
cause.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect July 1, 1987, however, if Chapter ___of the Acts of

1987 (S.B. 323) does not become effective, the publisher of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, the Michie Company, is directed to
incorporate the changes made by this Act into the appropriate
places in the Health - Environmental Article of the Annotated
Code of Maryland without the necessity of further action by the
General Assembly.

Approved May 14, 1987.

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