Md. Code, Environment § 9-209
This is the official text of Md. Code, Environment § 9-209, part of Maryland’s Code, Environment — governs environmental protection.
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§9–209.
Official statutory text
(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) By certified mail 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, including any county or municipal corporation within one mile of the property line of the proposed incinerator for public use or landfill system;
(3) To the Department of Natural Resources, by certified mail;
(4) By certified mail to each member of the General Assembly representing any part of:
(i) A county in which the landfill system or incinerator for public use is located; or
(ii) A county within 1 mile of the property line of the proposed landfill system or incinerator for public use;
(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.
(1) To the public in compliance with Title 1, Subtitle 6 of this article;
(2) By certified mail 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, including any county or municipal corporation within one mile of the property line of the proposed incinerator for public use or landfill system;
(3) To the Department of Natural Resources, by certified mail;
(4) By certified mail to each member of the General Assembly representing any part of:
(i) A county in which the landfill system or incinerator for public use is located; or
(ii) A county within 1 mile of the property line of the proposed landfill system or incinerator for public use;
(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.
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