Ch. 457

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(d). Before any hearing under this section, the [Administrator] EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR shall give the chief executive officer and zoning board of any affected political
subdivision an opportunity to comment. After certification of a noise zone, the
Administration shall notify them of the certified noise zone.

(e) The [Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR may adopt rules and
regulations for monitoring compliance with approved plans.

5-807.

The [Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR may help to develop and carry out
any noise abatement plan required by this subtitle. His help may include technical and
financial aid.

5-810.                                                                                   

(a) For airports not owned by this State, within 180 days after the
[Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR certifies arid publishes a noise zone under Part
II of this subtitle, each political subdivision that has a noise zone wholly or partly within
its jurisdiction shall adopt, under its police power, noise zone regulations establishing
local noise zones. These noise zones may not be less restrictive than the noise zone
certified by the [Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

5-819.

For all airports owned by this State, the [Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
shall discharge all of the obligations required of an airport operator by §§ 5-805 and
5-806 of this subtitle, including the delineation of noise zones and the establishment of
any required noise abatement plans.

5-820.

(a)     After the [Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR certifies and publishes a
noise zone for a [State owned] STATE-OWNED airport, he shall adopt, administer, and
enforce regulations for the airport in the same manner that a political subdivision
enforces its regulations under Part III of this subtitle.

(b)     As to new airports, the [Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR shall
establish noise zones, any required noise abatement plan, and noise zone regulations as
follows:

(1)     For any newly constructed [State owned] STATE-OWNED airport,
before the initial operation of the airport; and

(2)     For any newly acquired [State owned] STATE-OWNED airport, within 1
year of the acquisition of the airport.

5-823.

(a) The [Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR may acquire, by purchase or
condemnation, any property for noise compatibility purposes in any noise zone
surrounding a [State owned] STATE-OWNED airport.

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