WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

SUBTITLE TO INSTALL, MATERIALLY ALTER, OR MATERIALLY EXTEND A
STRUCTURE USED FOR STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION OF ANY TYPE OF SEWAGE
SLUDGE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
APPLICATION, AMENDMENT, OR RENEWAL.

(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IN CARROLL
COUNTY OR FREDERICK COUNTY THE AFFECTED SUBDIVISION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.

(D) THE DEPARTMENT MAY HOLD A CONSOLIDATED HEARING IN
CARROLL COUNTY OR FREDERICK COUNTY.

(D) IF MORE THAN 1 COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THE GRANTING OF THE SLUDGE STORAGE PERMIT
APPLICATION, THE DEPARTMENT MAY HOLD A CONSOLIDATED HEARING IN
ANY AFFECTED SUBDIV1SION.

9-238.

(a)  A sewage sludge utilization permit expires on the date
the Department sets at the time of issuance or renewal, unless
the permit is renewed for another term as provided in this
section.

(b)   [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION, THE Department may renew a sewage sludge utilization
permit if the permit holder:

(1)  Is in compliance with the permit and all
appropriate regulations of the Department;

(2)  Submits to the Department a renewal application
on the form that the Department requires; and

(3)  Pays the renewal application fee that the
Department requires.

(C) IN CARROLL COUNTY AND FREDERICK COUNTY, THE DEPARTMENT
MAY NOT RENEW OR AMEND A PERMIT TO INSTALL, MATERIALLY ALTER, OR
MATERIALLY EXTEND A STRUCTURE USED FOR STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION OF
ANY TYPE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT HOLDS A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE RENEWAL OR AMENDMENT, AS PROVIDED IN § 9-234.1 OF
THIS SUBTITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989 is an emergency measure, is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths
of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

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