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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="7-411" title_number="7" title_name="Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Service may apply to the Board for a certificate for one or more sites.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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 of the Natural Resources Article to implement the proposal if a certificate is issued.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>When the Service acts with respect to a site for which a certificate has been issued, §§ 3-102(c) and 3-104(v) of the Natural Resources Article do not apply.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Service owns a site or property on a site that is not, because of its ownership, subject to ordinary local taxes, and if a certificate has been issued for the site, the Service shall make payments in lieu of taxes to the subdivision in which the site is located.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The cost of these payments shall be included as a part of project costs in the accounts of the Service and may be recovered by the Service from the users of the facilities on the site.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Payment shall equal the amount of ordinary local taxes that would be due if the property were subject to taxation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Immediately upon acquisition of an interest in any site or property on a site, the Service shall request the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to certify to the local taxing authority the assessment associated with the property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
