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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="1-602" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Public Participation in the Permitting Process">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Wherever this subtitle requires the Department to publish notice:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notice shall be published at least once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in the geographical area in which the proposed facility is located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The EJ Score for the census tract where the applicant is seeking a permit, provided by the applicant under § 1–601.1 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The address of the Department website for accessing the EJ Score review conducted under § 1–601.1 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A description of the environmental justice indicators contributing to the EJ Score of the census tract where the applicant is seeking a permit;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department may require notice of an informational meeting or a public hearing by mail to each person requesting the meeting or hearing or to their authorized representatives;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Department may provide additional notice by requiring the notice to be posted at the proposed facility or at public facilities in the geographical area of the proposed facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The applicant shall bear all costs incurred by the Department in providing notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this section and notwithstanding any other requirements in this article, wherever this subtitle requires the Department to publish notice of an application for a permit, the Department shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Electronically post the notice of an application for a permit on the Department’s website; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provide a method for interested persons to electronically request any additional notices related to an application for a permit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name and address of the applicant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A description of the location and the nature of the activity for which the permit has been sought;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A reference to the applicable statutes or regulations governing the application process;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The time and place of any scheduled informational meeting or public hearing, or a description of where this information can be found;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A description of where further information about the permit application can be found;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <level label="1">
          <text>The EJ Score for the census tract where the applicant is seeking a permit, provided by the applicant under § 1–601.1 of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The EJ Score review conducted under § 1–601.1 of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Any other information that the Department determines is necessary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department may require the applicant to publish and send the notices required in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
