SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
We shall here hold that Maryland Code (1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., 1978 Cum. Supp.) Art. 43, § 706 (the statute) does not require an electric company to obtain a permit from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the Department) as a condition to use of one of its "generating stations."
The statute provides in pertinent part:
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