Ch. 191                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 191
(House Bill 638)

AN ACT concerning

Environment - Sanitary Landfills - Bonds

FOR the purpose of altering the amount of the bond for each acre to which a certain
sanitary landfill permit applies; altering the amount of the minimum security
bond required for certain sanitary landfills; altering the term of the postclosure
period for certain sanitary landfills during which bonds must remain on deposit;
repealing the authority of the Department of the Environment to release certain
security before the end of a certain term; requiring the Department to have
access to certain land for a certain period of time for certain purposes; requiring
new owners of certain land to allow the Department access to the land under
certain circumstances; providing that a certain postclosure period begins at a
certain time, as determined by the Department; and generally relating to
sanitary landfills.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 9-211 and 0 215
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - Environment

9-211.

(a) (1) Except for a sanitary landfill that is subject to § 9-211.1 of this
subtitle, and as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, before the Secretary
issues a permit for a landfill, incinerator, or transfer station to any private person, the
applicant for the permit shall:

(i) File with the Department a bond on the form that the
Department provides; or

(ii) Deposit with the governing body of the local jurisdiction where
the landfill, incinerator, or transfer station will be located cash, negotiable bonds of
the federal government or this State, or any other security that the Department
approves.

(2) The Secretary may adopt regulations to exempt any legitimate
recycling or reclamation facility from the requirements of this section.

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