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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 26.01.07.03" title_num="26" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="07" heading="Notice of Completed Application and Opportunity for Public Informational Hearing.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant for a new or modified Subtitle 5 permit shall submit to the Administration a list of the names and addresses of contiguous property owners and appropriate local officials who have been served with a notice of application by the applicant. The Administration may consider evidence of an easement or right-of-way secured from a contiguous property owner as satisfaction of the notice requirement to a contiguous property owner under this section.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Within 30 days of the Administration's determination that a Subtitle 5 permit application is complete, the Administration shall issue a notice of completed application and opportunity for a public informational hearing on the application in accordance with all of the following. The notice shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Mailed to each person on the interested persons list, and the Administration may add additional individuals and public officials to the interested persons list as appropriate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Published for at least 1 business day in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, with the applicant bearing the cost of the newspaper notice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Published in the Maryland Register in accordance with State Government Article, §7-214, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Contents. The notice required under §B of this regulation shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name and address of the applicant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A description of the location and the nature of the activity for which the permit has been sought;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A reference to the applicable statutes or regulations governing the application process;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A statement that any further notices concerning the application will be provided only by mail to those persons on the interested persons list;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A description of how persons may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Submit written comments or information about the application,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Request a public informational hearing, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Request inclusion on the interested persons mailing list;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A statement of the deadline by which written comments, information, or hearing requests shall be received by the Administration; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the office within the Administration from which information about the application may be obtained.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Time. A request for a public informational hearing shall be filed within 14 calendar days after publication of the notice required under §B of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Waiver of Public Informational Hearing. The Department may waive the holding of a public informational hearing if the permit application is of the type listed in Environment Article, §5-506(b), (d), or (e), Annotated Code of Maryland. In the case of a waiver, the only notice required shall be that provided by the applicant as described in §A of this regulation and in Environment Article, §5-506, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>