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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 7-110

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
The Department may deny an application for a facility permit or for a renewal of a facility permit if the Department finds that:

(1) The facility cannot handle or transfer a particular hazardous material without posing an undue risk to the environment; or

(2) The owner of the land or of the facility, or any person making application, has violated:

(i) Any law of the federal government, of this or any other state, or of a local jurisdiction, concerning any hazardous material; or

(ii) Any regulation, order, or permit condition of the federal government, of this or any other state, or of any local jurisdiction, concerning any hazardous material.