1. (a) A request for judicial review of the Secretary's action on any application shall be made within 30 days after the decision has been rendered. Proceedings shall be filed in the circuit court of any county having jurisdiction in which the facility or any part of it is to be situated.
2. (b) A request for judicial review may be made only by an aggrieved party, by a properly designated official of the county government where the proposed facility is to be located, or by the Department of Planning pursuant to § 5-611 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
3. (c) In order to expedite judicial review, any court of the State, either at the trial or appellate level, which acquires jurisdiction over any legal challenge to the Secretary's action on any application shall give highest priority to such proceeding in the scheduling of appropriate hearings and trials and in the respective court's deliberations.

Added by Acts 1975, c. 673. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 820, § 3; Acts 1985, c. 717, § 1; Acts 1989, c. 540, § 1. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 6-509 by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2000, c. 209, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000.