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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 7-256

  • 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.
(a) At any reasonable time, a representative of the Department or a representative of the health department of the political jurisdiction where the hazardous substance facility is located may enter any hazardous substance facility:

(1) To inspect the hazardous substance facility;

(2) To obtain water, waste, soil, or air samples;

(3) To drill test wells; and

(4) To measure the volume and kinds of substances that are received, treated, stored, or disposed of.

(b) If a municipality in which a hazardous substance facility is located does not have a health department, the mayor of the municipality may designate the municipal agency that may enter and inspect a hazardous substance facility under this section.