Section 7-410 – Inventory of Potential Sites; Filings Required by Service
(a) (1) (i) 1. In consultation with the appropriate agencies of State and local government, the Service shall prepare by June 1, 1981, an initial inventory of potential hazardous waste facility sites and a program for utilizing these sites that appear suitable for and capable of meeting disposal demands. 2. In consultation with the appropriate agencies of State and local […]
Section 7-411 – Duties of Service as to Inventoried Sites
(a) The Service may apply to the Board for a certificate for one or more sites. (b) The Board may direct the Service to prepare and submit a proposal for acquisition or utilization or both of any inventoried site. The Board may further direct the Service to perform any act authorized by Subtitle 1 of Title 3 […]
Section 7-412 – Appeal From Decision of Board
(a) Any interested party, including a prospective user of a hazardous or low-level nuclear waste facility site who generates hazardous or low-level nuclear waste in this State, may appeal a decision of the Board directly to the circuit court of the jurisdiction of the proposed site. The decision of the circuit court may be appealed to […]
Section 7-413 – Liability of Subdivision for Damages
(a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, a subdivision may not be held liable for any damages to any party that have arisen from the selection or certification of any site or facility under this subtitle or from the regulation, operation, or control of any site or facility certified under this subtitle. (b) The […]
Section 7-502 – Authority of Department
(a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this article, the Department may: (1) Accept and administer loans and grants from the federal government and other sources, public or private, to carry out any of its functions under this subtitle; and (2) Adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this subtitle. (b) To implement the requirements of […]
Section 7-503 – Voluntary Cleanup Program
(a) There is a Voluntary Cleanup Program in the Department. (b) The purpose of the Voluntary Cleanup Program is to: (1) Encourage the investigation of eligible properties with known or perceived contamination; (2) Protect public health and the environment where cleanup projects are being performed or need to be performed; (3) Accelerate cleanup of eligible properties; and (4) Provide predictability and […]
Section 7-504 – Voluntary Cleanup Fund
(a) (1) There is a Voluntary Cleanup Fund established as a nonlapsing, revolving special fund. (2) Moneys credited and any interest accrued to the Fund: (i) Shall remain available until expended; and (ii) May not be reverted to the General Fund under any other provision of law. (b) All application fees and other moneys collected by the Department under this subtitle […]
Section 7-401 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Board” means the Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting Board. (c) “Certificate” means a certificate of public necessity issued by the Board. (d) “Facility” means any structure, equipment, machinery, bins, tanks, pipes, pumps, conveyors, wells, trenches, pits, or cells used for treatment, processing, reconditioning, exchange, incidental storage in connection […]
Section 7-505 – Liability of Inculpable Person
(a) (1) If the Department approves a person’s status as an inculpable person under this subtitle, the person’s status as an inculpable person continues upon acquiring an interest in the eligible property. (2) If the person meets the requirements of § 7-506(a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this subtitle, the Department shall approve or disapprove the person’s status as […]
Section 7-402 – Purpose of Subtitle; Location of Facilities Subject to Certain Considerations
(a) (1) The purpose of this subtitle is to protect the public health and the environment by ensuring the availability of sites and properly designed facilities to dispose of, reuse, recycle, incinerate, or otherwise render nonhazardous, hazardous waste materials and to eliminate illegal dumping or improper disposal. It is the further purpose of this subtitle to achieve […]