Section 9-209 - Landfill systems - Hearings.
§ 9-209. Landfill systems - Hearings.
(a) Public notice of application.- 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 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) Notice to local agencies.- 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) Consolidation of hearings.- 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.
[HE § 9-212; 1987, ch. 296; ch. 612, § 2; 1989, chs. 296, 358; 1993, ch. 59, § 2; 1994, ch. 3, § 1; 1999, ch. 46; 2003, ch. 328.]