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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="7-412" title_number="7" title_name="Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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 the Appellate Court of Maryland.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any issue in an appeal from a decision of the Board has preference over other civil actions and proceedings in both trial and appellate courts.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In any appeal, the decision of the Board is prima facie correct and shall be affirmed unless clearly shown to be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In violation of constitutional provisions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Made on unlawful procedure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Arbitrary and capricious; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Affected by other error of law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
