Ch. 73                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) A summary of the proposed response action plan;

(ii) The name and address of the participant and eligible property;

(iii) The name, address, and telephone number of the office within
the Department from which information about the proposed response action plan may
be obtained;

(iv) An address to which persons may submit written comments
about the proposed response action [plan or request a public informational meeting;
and] PLAN;

(v) A deadline for the close of the public comment period by which
written comments [or requests for a public informational meeting] must be received
by the Department; and

(VI) THE DATE AND LOCATION OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION
INFORMATIONAL MEETING; AND

(2) Shall post at the eligible property a notice of intent to conduct a
response action plan at that property.

(b)     The Department shall receive written comments from the public for 30
days after publication and posting required under this section OR 5 DAYS AFTER THE
PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION, WHICHEVER IS
LATER.

(c)     The Department shall hold a public informational meeting on the proposed
response action plan at the participant's expense within [30] 45 40 days after [the
Department receives a written request for a meeting from the applicant or the public]
THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (A)(1) OF
THIS SECTION.

7-510.

(a) (1) The Department shall approve a response action plan FOR AN
ELIGIBLE PROPERTY if the Department determines that the response action plan
protects public health and the environment.

(2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE A RESPONSE ACTION PLAN FOR
A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 7-501(G)(1) OF THIS SUBTITLE,
UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES THAT CONTAMINATION ON THE
REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY REPRESENTS AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL
ENDANGERMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT.

7-511.

(a) Within [120] 75 days after the Department has received a proposed
response action plan, the Department, after considering any comments the
Department has received under § 7-509 of this subtitle, shall notify the participant in
writing that:

(1) The response action plan has been approved; or

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