Article - Environment

9-209.

(a) The applicant shall give notice of the application [and], the informational
meeting, AND HEARINGS:

(1) To the public 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;

(5) TO RECORD OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF THE
PROPERTY LINE OF THE PROPOSED INCINERATOR FOR PUBLIC USE OR LANDFILL
SYSTEM, BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE ADDRESSES OF RECORD OWNERS AS
INDICATED IN THE RECORDS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND
TAXATION; AND

(6) BY POSTING A NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION, THE INFORMATIONAL
MEETING, AND HEARINGS IN A CONSPICUOUS SPACE ON THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED
INCINERATOR FOR PUBLIC USE OR LANDFILL SYSTEM.

(b) [In addition to the notice required under subsection (a) 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 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.

(c)] The local officials notified under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall give
notice of the application, THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING, and [the hearing]
HEARINGS to all interested agencies of their respective jurisdictions.

[(d)] (C) To the extent practicable, the Department and other units of the
State government shall consolidate THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND hearings
concerning permits for the same landfill system or incinerator for public use.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.