PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 499

(4) THE COMMISSION SHALL DESIGNATE A SINGLE COMMISSIONER TO
ACT AS A REVIEWER FOR THE APPLICATION AND ANY COMPETING APPLICATIONS.

(5) THE COMMISSION SHALL DELEGATE TO ITS STAFF THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN INITIAL REVIEW OF AN APPLICATION, INCLUDING, IN THE
EVENT THAT NO WRITTEN COMMENTS ON AN APPLICATION ARE SUBMITTED BY
ANY INTERESTED PARTY OTHER THAN THE STAFF OF THE COMMISSION, THE
PREPARATION OF A RECOMMENDED DECISION FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE FULL
COMMISSION.

(6) ANY "INTERESTED PARTY" MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS ON
THE APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS ADOPTED
BY THE COMMISSION.

(7) THE COMMISSION SHALL DEFINE THE TERM "INTERESTED PARTY"
TO INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM:

(I) THE STAFF OF THE COMMISSION;

(II)     ANY APPLICANT WHO HAS SUBMITTED A COMPETING
APPLICATION; AND

(III)    ANY OTHER PERSON WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THE
PERSON WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION
ON THE APPLICATION.

(8) THE REVIEWER SHALL REVIEW THE APPLICATION, ANY WRITTEN
COMMENTS ON THE APPLICATION, AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS PERMITTED BY
THIS SECTION OR BY THE COMMISSION'S REGULATIONS, AND PRESENT A
RECOMMENDED DECISION ON THE APPLICATION TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

(9) (I) AN AN APPLICANT AND ANY INTERESTED PARTY MAY REQUEST
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENT TO THE REVIEWER, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION, BEFORE THE
REVIEWER PREPARES A RECOMMENDED DECISION ON THE APPLICATION FOR
CONSIDERATION BY THE FULL COMMISSION.

(II) THE REVIEWER MAY GRANT, DENY, OR IMPOSE LIMITATIONS
ON AN INTERESTED PARTY'S REQUEST TO PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENT TO THE
REVIEWER.

(10) ANY INTERESTED PARTY WHO HAS SUBMITTED WRITTEN
COMMENTS UNDER PARAGRAPH (6) OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN
EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROPOSED DECISION AND MAKE ORAL ARGUMENT TO THE
COMMISSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION,
BEFORE THE COMMISSION TAKES FINAL ACTION ON THE APPLICATION.

[(3) The committee shall make a recommendation to the full Commission to
grant or deny an application.]

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