Section 9-247 - Standing to sue or intervene. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-247. Standing to sue or intervene.
 

(a)  Rights of adjoining landowners.- Any person who owns land that adjoins land for which an application to apply sewage sludge is filed, or for which a permit to apply sewage sludge is issued, has standing: 

(1) To sue the State, the applicant, or the permit holder to require compliance with this Part III, § 9-269, or § 9-270 of this subtitle and any permit issued under § 9-236 of this subtitle; and 

(2) With respect to the sewage sludge utilization site, to intervene in: 

(i) Any civil court proceeding; and 

(ii) Any contested administrative case. 

(b)  Rights of counties and municipal corporations.- Any county or municipal corporation in which there is land for which an application to apply sewage sludge is filed, or for which a permit to apply sewage sludge is issued, has standing: 

(1) To sue the applicant or the permit holder to require compliance with this Part III, § 9-269, or § 9-270 of this subtitle and any permit issued under § 9-236 of this subtitle; and 

(2) With respect to the sewage sludge utilization site, to intervene in: 

(i) Any civil court proceeding; and 

(ii) Any contested administrative case. 
 

[HE § 9-210.1; 1987, ch. 612, § 2.]