- A. This chapter applies to contested hearings which the Secretary is required to conduct by statute or regulation except for those hearings for which specific procedural regulations have been promulgated. They do not apply to conferences, investigations, or to proceedings at which the general public has been assembled to provide comments and opinions on a permit or license proposed to be issued by the Department, or to hearings before the Department's Boards and Commissions which are authorized by law to conduct their own hearings.
- B. These procedures are intended to supplement the procedures required by law. In the event of conflict, statutory provisions take precedence over these regulations.
Authority: Environment Article, §1-404; State Government Article, §10-204; Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 31, 1973
Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.01.03 to COMAR 26.01.02
Regulations .01—.10 repealed effective October 16, 1989 (16:20 Md. R. 2183)
Regulations .01—.39 adopted effective October 16, 1989 (16:20 Md. R. 2183)
Regulation .05C adopted effective April 29, 1991 (18:8 Md. R. 864)