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Statutes > Maryland > Environment > Title-9 > Subtitle-2 > 9-234-1§ 9-234.1. Hearing prior to issuance, amendment, or renewal of permit.
(a) Applicability.- This section does not apply to the storage or distribution of sewage sludge at a sewage treatment plant.
(b) Public hearing required.- Before the Secretary issues, amends, or renews a permit to an applicant or permit holder under § 9-232 or § 9-238 of this subtitle to install, materially alter, or materially extend a structure used for storage or distribution of any type of sewage sludge, the Department shall hold a public hearing on the application, amendment, or renewal.
(c) Procedures.- The Department shall hold a public hearing in the affected subdivision in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
(d) Consolidated hearings.- If more than 1 county or municipal corporation will be affected by the granting of the sludge storage permit application, the Department may hold a consolidated hearing in any affected subdivision.
[1989, ch. 753.]
