WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(1)  an incinerator;

(2)  a transfer station;

(3)  a landfill system;

(4)  a landfill; and

(5)  any other refuse disposal system.
9-209.

(a)  Before the Secretary issues a permit to an applicant
under § 9-204 of this subtitle to install, materially alter, or
materially extend a landfill system, or an incinerator for public
use to burn solid waste, the Department shall hold a public
hearing on the application.

(b)  The applicant shall give notice of the application and
the hearing:

(1)  to the public, by publication once a week for 2
consecutive weeks before the hearing in a regularly published
newspaper of general circulation in any county or municipal
corporation that the Department determines may be affected
directly by the application;

(2)  to the board of county commissioners or county
council of any county and the chief executive of any municipal
corporation that the Department determines may be affected by the
incinerator for public use or landfill system, by certified mail;
and

(3)  to the Department of Natural Resources, by
certified mail.

(c)  The local officials notified under subsection (b)(2) of
this section shall give notice of the application and the hearing
to all interested agencies of their respective jurisdictions.

(d)  The public notice shall:

(1)  state that there is an application for a landfill
system or incinerator for public use to burn solid waste pending
before the Department; and

(2)  give the date, time, and place that the
Department sets for the hearing.

(e)  At the hearing, the applicant and any other interested
person may offer evidence and present arguments for or against
the application.

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