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MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-802 - Covenants in General

    (a)    An environmental covenant shall:        (1)    State that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed pursuant to this subtitle;        (2)    Contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant;        (3)    Describe the activity and use limitations on the real property;        (4)    Identify every holder;        (5)    Be signed by the Agency and every holder;        (6)    Unless excepted by the Agency, be signed by every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant; and        (7)    Identify the name and location of any administrative record for the environmental response project reflected in the environmental covenant.    (b)    In addition to the information required under subsection (a) of this section, an environmental covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the persons who signed it, including any:        (1)    Requirements for notice following transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits or proposals for any site work affecting the contamination on the property subject to the covenant;        (2)    Requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the covenant;        (3)    Rights of access to the property granted in connection with implementation or enforcement of the covenant;        (4)    Brief narrative descriptions of the contamination and remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination;        (5)    Limitations on amendment or termination of the covenant in addition to those provided under §§ 1-808 and 1-809 of this subtitle; and        (6)    Rights of the holder in addition to the holder’s right to enforce the covenant under § 1-810 of this subtitle.    (c)    In addition to other conditions for the Agency’s approval of an environmental covenant, the Agency may require those persons specified by the Agency who have interests in the real property to sign the covenant.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-803 - Holders

    (a)    (1)    Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property, the Agency, or a municipality or other unit of local government, may be a holder of an environmental covenant.        (2)    An environmental covenant may identify more than one holder.    (b)    (1)    The interest of a holder of an environmental covenant is an interest in real property.        (2)    A right of an agency under this subtitle or under an environmental covenant, other than a right as a holder, is not an interest in real property.    (c)    (1)    An agency is bound by any obligation it assumes in an environmental covenant, but an agency does not assume obligations merely by signing an environmental covenant.        (2)    Any person other than an agency that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations the person assumes in the covenant, but signing the covenant does not change obligations, rights, or protections granted or imposed under law other than this subtitle except as provided in the covenant.    (d)    (1)    The provisions of this subsection apply to interests in real property in existence at the time an environmental covenant is created or amended.        (2)    An interest that has priority under other law is not affected by an environmental covenant unless the person that owns the interest subordinates that interest to the covenant.        (3)    A person that owns an interest that has priority under other law is not required under this subtitle to subordinate that interest to an environmental covenant or to agree to be bound by the covenant.        (4)    (i)    A subordination agreement may be contained in an environmental covenant covering real property or in a separate record.            (ii)    If the environmental covenant covers commonly owned property in a common interest community, the record may be signed by any person authorized by the governing board of the owners’ association.        (5)    An agreement by a person to subordinate an interest that has priority under other law to an environmental covenant affects the priority of that person’s interest but does not by itself impose any affirmative obligation on the person with respect to the environmental covenant.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-804 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-804 - Nature of Covenant

    (a)    An environmental covenant that complies with this subtitle runs with the land.    (b)    An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable even if:        (1)    It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;        (2)    It can be or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder;        (3)    It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;        (4)    It imposes a negative burden;        (5)    It imposes an affirmative obligation on a person having an interest in the real property or on the holder;        (6)    The benefit or burden does not touch or concern real property;        (7)    There is no privity of estate or contract;        (8)    The holder dies, ceases to exist, resigns, or is replaced; or        (9)    The owner of an interest subject to the environmental covenant and the holder are the same person.    (c)    An instrument that creates restrictions or obligations with respect to real property that would qualify as activity and use limitations except for the fact that the instrument was recorded before October 1, 2005, is not invalid or unenforceable because of any of the limitations on enforcement of interests described in subsection (b) of this section or because it was identified as an easement, servitude, deed restriction, or other interest. This subtitle does not apply in any other respect to such an instrument.    (d)    This subtitle does not invalidate or render unenforceable any interest, whether designated as an environmental covenant or other interest, that is otherwise enforceable under state law.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-805 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-805 - Effect on Zoning and Other Laws

    (a)    This subtitle does not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited by zoning, by law other than this subtitle regulating use of real property, or by a recorded instrument that has priority over the environmental covenant.    (b)    An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property that are authorized by zoning or by law other than this subtitle.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-806 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-806 - Distribution of Copies of Covenants

    (a)    A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided by the persons and in the manner required by the agency to:        (1)    Each person that signed the covenant;        (2)    Each person holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the covenant;        (3)    Each person in possession of the real property subject to the covenant;        (4)    Each municipality or other unit of local government in which real property subject to the covenant is located; and        (5)    Any other person the Agency requires.    (b)    The validity of a covenant is not affected by failure to provide a copy of the covenant as required under this section.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-807 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-807 - Recordation

    (a)    (1)    An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located.        (2)    For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided under § 1-808(c) of this subtitle, an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of the state governing recording and priority of interests in real property.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-808 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-808 - Perpetual Nature of Covenant

    (a)    An environmental covenant is perpetual unless it is:        (1)    By its terms, limited to a specific duration or terminated by the occurrence of a specific event;        (2)    Terminated by consent as provided under § 1-809 of this subtitle;        (3)    Terminated under subsection (b) of this section;        (4)    Terminated by foreclosure of an interest that has priority over the environmental covenant; or        (5)    Terminated or modified in an eminent domain proceeding, if:            (i)    The Agency that signed the covenant is a party to the proceeding;            (ii)    Each person identified in § 1-809(a) and (b) of this subtitle is given notice of the pendency of the proceeding; and            (iii)    The court determines, after a hearing, that the termination or modification will not adversely affect human health or the environment.    (b)    (1)    If the Agency that signed an environmental covenant has determined that the intended benefits of the covenant can no longer be realized, a court, under the doctrine of changed circumstances, in an action in which all persons identified in § 1-809(a) and (b) of this subtitle have been given notice, may terminate the covenant or reduce its burden on the real property subject to the covenant.        (2)    The Agency’s determination or its failure to make a determination upon request is subject to review in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.    (c)    Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, an environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired through issuance of a tax deed, foreclosure of a tax lien, or application of the doctrine of adverse possession, prescription, abandonment, waiver, lack of enforcement, or acquiescence, or a similar doctrine.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-809 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-809 - Amendment or Termination of Covenant

    (a)    An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by:        (1)    The Agency;        (2)    Unless waived by the Agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant;        (3)    Each person that originally signed the covenant, unless:            (i)    The person waived in a signed record the right to consent; or            (ii)    A court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and        (4)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(2) of this section, the holder.    (b)    If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the interest is not affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current owner of the interest consents to the amendment or has waived in a signed record the right to consent to amendments.    (c)    Except for an assignment undertaken in accordance with a governmental reorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder shall be considered to be an amendment of the covenant.    (d)    Except as otherwise provided in an environmental covenant:        (1)    A holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties; and        (2)    A holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection (a) of this section.    (e)    A court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-810 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-810 - Civil Actions

    (a)    A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by:        (1)    A party to the covenant;        (2)    The Agency or, if it is not the Agency, the Department;        (3)    Any person to whom the covenant expressly grants power to enforce;        (4)    A person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may be affected by the alleged violation of the covenant; or        (5)    The county or municipal corporation in which the real property subject to the covenant is located.    (b)    This subtitle does not limit the regulatory authority of the Agency or the Department under law, other than this subtitle, with respect to an environmental response project.    (c)    A person is not responsible for or subject to liability for environmental remediation solely because the person has the right to enforce an environmental covenant.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-812 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-812 - Effect on Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

    (a)    Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.    (b)    This subtitle does not modify, limit, or supersede § 7001(a) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 7003(b) of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-813 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-813 - Construction of Subtitle

    This subtitle shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this subtitle among states enacting it.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-814 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-814 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  1-815 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 1 - Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act|Section 1-815 - Severability

    If any provision of this subtitle or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this subtitle which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this subtitle are severable.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  2-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 2 - Ambient Air Quality Control|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 2-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Air pollution” means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of any substance that is present in such quantities and is of such duration that it:        (1)    May be predicted with reasonable certainty to be injurious to property or to human, plant, or animal life; or        (2)    Unreasonably interferes with the proper enjoyment of the property of others because of the emission of odors, solids, vapors, liquids, or gases.    (c)    “Council” means the Air Quality Control Advisory Council.    (d)    “Emergency” means:        (1)    A condition of such public gravity and urgency that it requires immediate response; or        (2)    A condition that is predicted to a reasonable degree of certainty to require immediate action to carry out the provisions of this title.    (e)    (1)    “Emission standard” means a requirement that limits the quantity, quality, rate, or concentration of emissions from a source.        (2)    “Emission standard” includes any requirement that relates to the operation or maintenance of a source to assure continuous emission reduction.    (f)    “Person” includes any public or municipal corporation and any agency, bureau, department, or instrumentality of federal, State, or local government.    (g)    “Political subdivision” means a county or municipal corporation of this State.    (h)    “Regulated emissions” means the actual rate of emissions, in tons per year, of any registered pollutant emitted by a source, to be calculated using criteria consistent with 40 C.F.R. Part 70 (Operating Permit Program).    (i)    “Source” means any person or property that contributes to air pollution.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  2-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 2 - Ambient Air Quality Control|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 2-102 - Legislative Policy

    It is the policy of this State to maintain the degree of purity of the air necessary to protect the health, the general welfare, and property of the people of this State.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  2-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 2 - Ambient Air Quality Control|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 2-103 - Powers and Duties of Department

    (a)    In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this title, the Department may obtain any federal or other funds that are available to this State for purposes that are within the scope of this title.    (b)    In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Department:        (1)    Has jurisdiction over emissions into the air and ambient air quality in this State;        (2)    Is responsible for monitoring ambient air quality in this State; and        (3)    Shall coordinate all State agency programs on ambient air quality control.    (c)    The Department may contract for or otherwise arrange for the use of the facilities and services of appropriate agencies of political subdivisions in carrying out the Department’s monitoring duties under this title.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  2-103.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 2 - Ambient Air Quality Control|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 2-103.1 - Reports Concerning Federal Clean Air Act

    Subject to § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of Transportation, shall furnish a joint report, within 30 days after the date Congress modifies the provisions of the federal Clean Air Act, to the Legislative Policy Committee, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, and the House Environmental Matters Committee outlining the status of changes in the federal Clean Air Act as of that date and all other related and pertinent information.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  2-103.2 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 2 - Ambient Air Quality Control|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 2-103.2 - Access of Information via Internet

    (a)    In this section, “ambient air monitoring data” means measured concentrations of air pollutants, including air pollutants for which there are no established ambient air quality standards or emission standards, obtained from an ambient air monitor established by the Department.    (b)    On or before January 1, 2000, and each year thereafter, the Department shall provide public access to all air monitoring data in the State through the Internet.    (c)    Ambient air monitoring data provided under this section:        (1)    May be in summary form; and        (2)    Shall include all validated ambient air monitoring data for the 2 most recent calendar years for which data are available.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  2-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 2 - Ambient Air Quality Control|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 2-104 - Powers of Political Subdivisions

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in this section, this title does not limit the power of a political subdivision to adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations that set emission standards or ambient air quality standards.        (2)    A political subdivision may not adopt any ordinance, rule, or regulation that sets an emission standard or ambient air quality standard less stringent than the standards set by the Department under this title.    (b)    The governing body of any political subdivision may ask the Department to adopt rules and regulations that set more restrictive emission standards or ambient air quality standards in that political subdivision.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  2-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 2 - Ambient Air Quality Control|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 2-105 - Air Pollution Emergency

    (a)    (1)    In accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Department, the Secretary shall advise the Governor when an air pollution emergency exists or is reasonably certain to occur.        (2)    When so advised, the Governor may issue an executive order that:            (i)    Proclaims an air pollution emergency; and            (ii)    Requires the immediate elimination of specifically identifiable sources of air pollution.    (b)    If a person violates an executive order issued under this section, the Attorney General may sue in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to enforce compliance with the order.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  2-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 2 - Ambient Air Quality Control|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 2-106 - Rights of Persons Other Than This State

    (a)    A determination by the Department that air pollution exists or that a rule or regulation has been disregarded or violated does not create any presumption of law or finding of fact for the benefit of any person other than this State.    (b)    Any proceedings under this title shall be brought by the Department for the benefit of the people of this State.    (c)    No person other than this State acquires actionable rights by virtue of this title.