Ch. 358

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Environment

9-201.

(E) "RUBBLE FILL LANDFILL" MEANS A LANDFILL THAT ACCEPTS:

(1) LAND CLEARING DEBRIS;

(2) DEMOLITION DEBRIS;

(3) NONHAZARDOUS CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS; OR

(4) TIRES NOT TO EXCEED 10 PERCENT OF WASTE ACCEPTED
BY THE RUBBLE FILL LANDFILL.

9-204.2.

THE SECRETARY MAY NOT ISSUE A PERMIT FOR A RUBBLE FILL
LANDFILL TO ACCEPT MATERIALS CONTAINING:

(1) ASBESTOS; OR

(2) WHITE GOODS AS DEFINED IN § 9-1701 OF THIS
ARTICLE.

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.

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