PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 532

(i) Comply with the provisions of Title 1, Subtitle 6 of this article; and

(ii) Conduct any public hearing required by Title 1, Subtitle 6 of this
article in the county in which the proposed source is located.

(2) In addition to the requirements under paragraph (1) of this subsection,
before issuing a permit to construct a source described in subsection [(b)(3)] (C)(3) of
this section, the Department shall require at the expense of the applicant the preparation
of an ambient air quality impact analysis regarding the proposed construction.

[(d)] (E) The provisions of this section do not apply to any permit to construct
control equipment on an existing source OR TO ANY PERMIT TO OPERATE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 532
(House Bill 1222)

AN ACT concerning

Environment - Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund,
Underground Storage Tank Upgrade and Replacement Fund, and Oil Contaminated Site

Environmental Cleanup Fund

FOR the purpose of altering the per barrel fee for oil transferred in the State and
credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency
Fund; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to transfer money from the
Underground Storage Tank Upgrade and Replacement Fund to the Oil
Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund in certain fiscal years; requiring
the Secretary to transfer money from certain funds in a certain order; providing that
the Secretary may transfer certain money under certain conditions; requiring the
Department of the Environment to return recovered moneys to certain funds in a
certain order; requiring funds remaining in the Underground Storage Tank
Upgrade and Replacement Fund to be credited to certain funds by a certain date
and in a certain manner; requiring loan repayments to be credited to a certain fund
after a certain date; authorizing the Department to waive or reduce certain fees
under certain circumstances; altering certain deductibles for the owners or
operators of underground storage tanks; providing that the Department may obtain
certain funds from the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund under
certain conditions; providing that an applicant who has not submitted a certain form
to the Department by a certain date will not be eligible for a loan; requiring the
Department to undertake certain reviews and make certain recommendations to
certain committees; requiring the Department to convene a certain group to make
certain recommendations; clarifying that attorneys' fees and litigation costs shall be
reimbursed to the State by a certain person; making stylistic changes; providing for

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