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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="1-606" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Public Participation in the Permitting Process">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Board” means the Board of Public Works.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“License” means a license under § 16–202 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A permit listed under § 1–601(a) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A permit listed under § 5–204(f) of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A license issued under § 16–202 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any judicial review of a determination provided for in accordance with § 1–601 of this subtitle or § 5–204 or § 16–204 of this article shall be limited to a record compiled by the Department or Board, consisting of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any permit or license application and any data submitted to the Department or Board in support of the application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any draft permit or license issued by the Department or Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any notice of intent from the Department or Board to deny the application or to terminate the permit or license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A statement or fact sheet explaining the basis for the determination by the Department or Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>All documents referenced in the statement or fact sheet explaining the basis for the determination by the Department or Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>All documents, except documents for which disclosure is precluded by law or that are subject to privilege, contained in the supporting file for any draft permit or license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>All comments submitted to the Department or Board during the public comment period, including comments made on the draft application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Any tape or transcript of any public hearings held on the application; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Any response to any comments submitted to the Department or Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When a draft permit or license or tentative determination is issued, the Department or Board shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Make available for inspection and copying no later than the date the permit, draft license, or tentative determination is issued:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>All permit or license applications;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Documents submitted with a permit or license application;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>All documents relied on in making the tentative determination; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>A privilege log that identifies all documents not produced for inspection in accordance with subsection (c)(6) of this section and states the reasons for withholding each document; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Extend the public comment period by 60 days on request by a person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A request submitted to the Department or Board under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Submitted in writing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Made before the expiration of the original comment period.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A public comment period may not be extended more than once under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
