WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 59

(3) If the executives or legislative bodies of more than 1 county or municipal
corporation request a public information meeting under this subsection, the Department
may hold a consolidated public information meeting in 1 county.]

(B) ANY INFORMATIONAL MEETING REQUIRED BY § 1-603 OF THIS ARTICLE
SHALL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE PROPOSED FACILITY IS TO BE
LOCATED.

9-209. LANDFILL SYSTEMS - HEARINGS.

(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]
INFORMATIONAL MEETING:

(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] IN COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE 1, SUBTITLE 6 OF THIS ARTICLE;

(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;

(3)     To the Department of Natural Resources, by certified mail; and

(4)     To each member of the General Assembly in whose district the landfill
system or incinerator is located, by certified mail.

[(c)] (B) In addition to the notice required under subsection (b) of this section
AND TITLE 1, SUBTITLE 6 OF THIS ARTICLE, an applicant for a permit for a rubble
landfill shall give notice of the application and [hearing] INFORMATIONAL MEETING:

(1)     By certified mail to the members of the Senate of Maryland and House
of Delegates who represent the legislative district in which the rubble landfill is to be
located;

(2)     By certified mail to the owners of real property that adjoins the
proposed site of the rubble landfill; and

(3)     By posting a notice of the application and hearing in a conspicuous place
on the proposed site of the rubble landfill.

[(d)](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.

[(e) The public notice shall:

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