ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

relating to an application for a landfill or incinerator permit.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 9-209

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article,- Environment

9-209.

(a)     The applicant shall give notice of the application, 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 THE county council of any
county and the chief executive of any COUNTY OR 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;

(4)     To each member of the General Assembly [in whose district] THE
LANDFILL SYSTEM OR INCINERATOR IS LOCATED AND WHO RESIDES IN THE
REPRESENTING ANY PART OF A COUNTY IN WHICH 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)     The local officials notified under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall give
notice of the application, the informational meeting, and hearings to all interested
agencies of their respective jurisdictions.

(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, 2003.

Approved May 13, 2003.                       

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