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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 26.10.09.08" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="09" heading="Public Participation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Notice to Affected Public. For each confirmed spill, release, or discharge that requires a corrective action plan, the Department, in cooperation with an owner and an operator of a storage tank system and a responsible party, shall provide notice:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To those members of the public directly affected by the spill, release, or discharge and the planned corrective action, as determined by the Department; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In a manner designed to reach the affected public that may include, but is not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Publication in local newspapers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Block advertisements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Public service announcements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Publication in the Maryland Register;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Letters to individual property owners; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Personal contact by the Department.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Before approving a corrective action plan, the Department may hold a public meeting to consider comments on the proposed corrective action plan or for any other reason.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the Department considers terminating the remedial work under a corrective action plan before achievement of any goals set forth in the plan, the Department shall notify the affected public in the manner set forth in §A of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>As required by the Public Information Act, the Department shall ensure that information regarding the site of a spill, release, or discharge and decisions concerning a corrective action plan are made available to the public for inspection upon request.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>