Ch. 409

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Environment

Section 7-221(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Environment

Section 7-201(m), 7-221(b)(l), 7-222(a) 7-222, and 7-256(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

7-201.

(m) (1) "Hazardous substance" means any substance that:

(i) Conveys toxic, lethal, or other injurious
effects or which causes sublethal alterations to plant, animal,
or aquatic life;

(ii) May be injurious to human beings; or

(iii) Persists in the environment.

(2) "Hazardous substance" includes any matter
identified as a "hazardous [waste] SUBSTANCE" by the
Environmental Protection Agency.

7-221.

(a)  All expenditures from the State Hazardous Substance
Control Fund made by the Department under § 7-220(b) of this
subtitle in response to a release or a threatened release of a
controlled hazardous substance at a particular site shall be
reimbursed to the Department for the State Hazardous Substance
Control Fund by the responsible person for the release or the
threatened release.

(b)  (1) In addition to any other legal action authorized by
this subtitle, the Attorney General may bring an action to
recover costs AND INTEREST from any responsible person who fails
to make a reimbursement as required under subsection (a) of this
section.

7-222.

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