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MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 6 - Maryland Deepwater Port Siting Act|Section 3-604 - Duties of Secretary of Natural Resources

    In order to carry out the policy of this subtitle, the Secretary of Natural Resources shall:        (1)    On his or the Governor’s determination that the State’s interest should be considered in an application proceeding under the federal act, request the federal Secretary to designate the State of Maryland as an “adjacent coastal state”. The request shall be communicated only with the approval of the Governor and shall include evidence to support the conclusion that there is a risk of damage to the coastal environment of the State equal to or greater than the risk posed to a state directly connected by pipeline to the proposed deepwater port. A request shall be communicated in accordance with § 9(a)(2) of the federal act;        (2)    Determine and collect reimbursement for those costs to the State associated with the processing of an application for which the applicant is responsible to the State under the federal act;        (3)    Present the views of the State to the federal Secretary, other than those required under paragraph (1) of this section, regarding the location, construction and operation of a deepwater port;        (4)    Request all documents, reports or other information from the federal Secretary under the federal act which are necessary to assist the State in the processing of an application;        (5)    Set reasonable fees permitted under the federal act for the use of a deepwater port facility and State land–based facilities directly related to a deepwater port facility; and        (6)    Obtain the suggestions and comments of those departments having responsibility associated with the duties enumerated in this section.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-901 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-901 - Citation of Subtitle

    This subtitle shall be known as the “Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority Act”.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-902 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-902 - Purpose of Subtitle

    For the benefit of the people of the State of Maryland, the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and living conditions, it is essential that provision be made for the efficient collection and disposal of waste on a regional basis from both public and private sources in compliance with State and federal laws, regulations, and policies and for the generation of energy and the recovery of useable resources from such waste to the extent practicable. It is the purpose of this subtitle to assist certain participating political subdivisions of this State, other public entities and the private sector of the economy to provide adequate waste disposal facilities (including those which provide for energy generation and resource recovery) and facilities for the generation of steam, electricity, or other forms of energy from fuels which are derived from or are otherwise related to waste disposal facilities by providing a regional coordinating agency and a financing vehicle for such facilities. It is the purpose of this subtitle to assist the participating counties to effect waste disposal programs on a regional basis and to that end this subtitle provides for the creation of the Authority. It is the intention and purpose of this subtitle that, without in any way limiting the discretion of the Authority, the Authority and the Maryland Environmental Service cooperate to the maximum extent practicable in effecting a regional waste disposal program in the participating counties.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-906 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-906 - Source of Payment of Expenses

    All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this subtitle shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this subtitle and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the Authority hereunder beyond the extent to which money shall have been provided under the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-907 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-907 - Authority to Issue Bonds

    (a)    The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered, by resolution, to issue bonds for the purpose of financing the cost of one or more projects or for any other corporate purpose. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the Authority, every issue of its bonds shall be general obligations of the Authority payable from any revenues or money of the Authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged, subject only to any agreements with holders of particular bonds pledging any particular revenues or money and to any agreements with any persons or subdivisions. The Authority may issue its bonds without obtaining the consent of any board, agency, department or unit of the State, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any conditions or things other than those specifically required hereunder. The Authority and the Maryland Environmental Service may enter into agreements providing for (i) the financing by the issuance of bonds of the Maryland Environmental Service of projects provided for any subdivision by the Authority or (ii) the financing by the issuance of bonds of the Authority of projects provided for any subdivision by the Maryland Environmental Service.    (b)    The Authority shall have absolute discretion to determine with respect to the bonds of any issue:        (1)    The date or dates of issue;        (2)    The date or dates of maturity and the amount or amounts maturing on such date or dates, provided only that no bond of any issue shall mature later than 40 years from the date of its issue;        (3)    The rate or rates of interest payable on such bonds and the date or dates of such payment;        (4)    The form or forms, denomination or denominations, manner of execution and the place or places of payment thereof and of the interest thereon, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without this State;        (5)    Whether such bonds or any part thereof shall be made redeemable before maturity and, if so, upon what terms, conditions, and prices; and        (6)    Any other matter relating to the forms, terms, conditions, issuance, and sale thereof.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-908 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-908 - Execution of Bonds; Negotiable Instruments; Registration; Replacement

    (a)    In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle or any recitals in any bonds issued hereunder, all such bonds shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments under the laws of this State.    (c)    The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form or both, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, for the reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as to both principal and interest, and for the interchange of coupon and registered bonds. Provision may also be made for the replacement of bonds which become mutilated or are stolen, lost or destroyed.    (d)    The bonds shall be exempt from the provisions of §§ 19–205 and 19–206 of the Local Government Article and §§ 8–206 and 8–208 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, and the Authority may sell such bonds in such manner, either at public or at private sale, and for such price as it may determine.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-911 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-911 - Trust Agreement Securing Bonds

    (a)    Bonds may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the Authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having trust powers, within or without the State. Such trust agreement may pledge or assign all or any part of the revenues of the Authority or of any project, and may mortgage or grant a lien on or security interest in any project or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain such provisions for the protection and enforcement of the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be deemed reasonable and proper, including covenants setting forth the duties of the Authority in relation to the acquisition or construction of any project, the extension, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair and insurance of any project and the custody, safeguarding and application of money and may contain provisions for the employment of consulting engineers and other experts in connection with the construction or operation of any project. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this State which may act as depository of the proceeds of the bonds or of revenues to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the Authority. Such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the Authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders, including (without limitation) covenants to abandon, restrict, or prohibit the construction or operation of competing facilities and covenants pertaining to the issuance of additional parity bonds upon conditions stated therein consistent with the requirements of this subtitle. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of any project or projects in connection with which such bonds shall have been issued.    (b)    The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be paid to the trustee under any trust agreement securing such bonds and shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions, if any, as may be provided in such trust agreement.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-913 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-913 - Remedies of Bondholders and Trustees

    Any holder of bonds or of any of the coupons thereto appertaining and the trustee (except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by any resolution authorizing the issuance of, or by any trust agreement securing, such bonds) may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of this State or granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust agreement, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this subtitle or by such resolution or trust agreement to be performed by the Authority or by any officer, employee, or agent thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rates, rentals, fees, and charges herein authorized required by the provisions of such resolution or trust agreement to be fixed, charged, and collected.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-914 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-914 - Bonds Made Legal Investments

    Bonds are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the State of Maryland and its political subdivisions and all banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and others carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies and insurance associations and others carrying on an insurance business, all personal representatives, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons may legally and properly invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by a State or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-915 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-915 - Bonds Not Pledge of Full Faith and Credit and Taxing Power; Contracts Between Subdivision and Authority

    The bonds shall not be deemed to constitute a debt, liability or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of Maryland or of any political subdivision thereof other than the Authority, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor. All such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the State of Maryland nor any political subdivision thereof other than the Authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from revenues pledged thereto and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this subtitle is not directly or indirectly or contingently an obligation, moral or other, of the State of Maryland or any political subdivision thereof to levy or pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Authority from pledging its full faith and credit to the payment of bonds authorized pursuant to this subtitle. However, this section does not limit the ability of the State or a subdivision to set, impose, or collect an assessment, rate, fee, or charge to pay to the Authority the cost of a project, including the principal of and interest on a bond or note, under an agreement between the Authority and the State or subdivision.    Notwithstanding any limitations or other provisions to the contrary of Division II, Title 9, Subtitle 2 or Subtitle 3, Title 10, or Title 11 of the Local Government Article, or of any charter or local law regulating the creation of public debts, a subdivision may enter into contracts with the Authority for the purpose of defraying the Authority’s costs of acquiring, constructing, operating, or providing a project, which costs may include debt service requirements of the Authority relating to that project. These contracts are not intended and shall not be deemed to constitute or create a debt of the subdivision or a pledge of its faith or credit within the meaning of any of these limitations or any constitutional or other provisions. Such a project shall not be deemed to be a capital project of the subdivision within the meaning of any of these limitations or other provisions, and a resolution, ordinance, or other official action authorizing such contracts is not subject to referendum or other procedure not applicable to all ordinances or resolutions enacted by the subdivision. For the purposes of this section, the express powers contained and enumerated in Division II and Title 10 of the Local Government Article and in the charter of the City of Baltimore are deemed to incorporate and include the power and authority contained in this section.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-916 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-916 - Exemption From Taxation

    The exercise of the powers granted by this subtitle is and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State of Maryland and the participating counties, for the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and since the activities of the Authority and the operation and maintenance of its projects will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Authority shall be exempt from any payment of or liability for any and all taxes, whether federal, State, or local, now or hereafter levied or imposed, and any assessments or other governmental charges. The bonds of the Authority, their transfer, the interest payable thereon, and any income derived therefrom, including any profit realized in the sale or exchange thereof, shall at all times be exempt from taxation of every kind and nature whatsoever by the State of Maryland or by any of its political subdivisions, municipal corporations, or public agencies of any kind.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-917 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-917 - Authority Not Required to Give Security for Costs; Liens; Assignments of Wages

    The Authority shall not be required to give any bond as security for costs, supersedeas, or any other security in any suit or action brought by or against it, or in proceedings to which it may be a party, in any court in this State, and the Authority shall have the remedies of appeal of whatever kind to all courts without bonds, supersedeas, or security of any kind. No builder’s, materialman’s, contractor’s, laborer’s, or mechanic’s liens of any kind or character shall ever attach to or become a lien upon any property, real or personal, belonging to the Authority and no assignment of wages shall be binding upon or recognized by the Authority.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-918 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-918 - Rules and Regulations; Payment by State or Agencies for Services

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, the Authority is hereby authorized to adopt, formulate, and revise from time to time, and enforce rules and regulations necessary for the regulation of its internal affairs and for the use and operation of its projects, and of any other laws the administration of which is vested in the Authority; provided, however, that no such rule or regulation concerning the use or operation of a project shall be in conflict with any rule or regulation of the Department of the Environment. The Authority may limit or regulate waste disposal service on a temporary basis in any area or to any premises served by Authority projects, as the exigencies of the occasion and the protection of its systems require. The Authority shall make such regulations consistent with law as it may deem necessary for the public safety, health, comfort or convenience, in the construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, relocation, replacement, renovation, and repair of its projects.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law granting to the State or to any of its agencies or instrumentalities an exemption from charges and/or fees, the State or any of its agencies or instrumentalities shall pay to the Authority any contractual obligation, or benefit or connection charges imposed thereon, for services rendered.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-919 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-919 - Zoning or Planning Authority of Subdivision Not Affected; Authority Not Deemed Public Service Company; Contracts Between Subdivision and Maryland Environmental Service

    (a)    Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to alter, change, modify, or restrict the zoning or land use planning authority of any subdivision, municipality, or public instrumentality.    (b)    The Authority shall not be deemed to be a public service company within the meaning of the Public Utilities Article, and the jurisdiction and powers of the Public Service Commission shall not extend to the Authority.    (c)    Unless otherwise expressly prohibited by any contractual agreement, a subdivision may enter into a contract with the Maryland Environmental Service relating to the provision by the Maryland Environmental Service of any project.
MD. Natural Resources Code Ann. §  3-920 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Natural Resources|Title 3 - Environmental Programs|Subtitle 9 - Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority|Section 3-920 - Notice of Intention to Undertake Project; Adverse Finding by Subdivision

    Prior to the acquisition, construction, leasing or installation of a project or the material extension of an existing project, the Authority shall deliver or mail by certified mail a notice of its intention to undertake such project or extension of a project to the chief executive officer of the county in which such project is or is to be located and to the secretary or clerk of the board of county commissioners or the legislative body of such county (as the case may be). The Authority shall not acquire, construct, lease, or install a project or materially extend any existing project if the board of county commissioners, the city council, or the county council (as the case may be) of the county in which such project is or is to be located advises the Authority, within 120 days following the date of the notice required in this section, that it has found that, after a public hearing which has been advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected county at least 14 days prior to such hearing and after considering the recommendations of the chief executive officer of the county and such other facts as it deemed relevant and material, such acquisition, construction, leasing, installation, or extension would be contrary to the best interests of the residents of such county because it would be contrary to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of such county by reason of (i) the impact of such project on the environment, or (ii) a conflict of such project with the master plan of the county, or (iii) such other facts concerning such project or effects of such project as such legislative body shall find would have an adverse effect on such health, safety and welfare.