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Part I - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 9-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 9-202 - Assistance Programs for Water and Sewer Services - (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that...
Part II - Water Supply Systems, Sewerage Systems, and Refuse Disposal Systems
Section 9-204 - Installing, Altering, or Extending Water Supply Systems, Sewerage Systems, or Refuse Disposal Systems - (a) This section applies to any water supply system, sewerage...
Section 9-204.1 - Installing, Altering, or Extending Incinerators - The Secretary may not issue a permit to install, materially...
Section 9-204.2 - Installing, Altering, or Extending Landfill Systems - (a) In addition to the requirements of § 9-204 of...
Section 9-205 - Submitting Plans for Existing Water Supply System, Sewerage System, or Refuse Disposal System for Public Use - (a) In this section, “authority” means a water, sewerage, or...
Section 9-206 - Water Supply Systems and Sewerage Systems for Subdivisions - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 9-207 - Secretary to Help Counties, Municipal Corporations, and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - (a) In this section, “basic main facility”: (1) Includes: (i)...
Section 9-208 - Secretary to Advise Persons and Businesses - (a) On request, the Secretary shall consult with and advise...
Section 9-209 - Landfill Systems -- Hearings - (a) The applicant shall give notice of the application, the...
Section 9-210 - Landfill Systems -- Prerequisites for Issuance of Permit - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this...
Section 9-211 - Landfills, Incinerators, and Transfer Stations; Requirements for Security - (a) (1) Except for a sanitary landfill that is subject...
Section 9-211.1 - Regulations Governing Financial Assurance for Sanitary Landfills Accepting Municipal Solid Waste - (a) (1) The Department shall adopt regulations governing financial assurance...
Section 9-212 - Landfill Systems -- Option to Purchase - (a) (1) As a condition precedent to the issuance by...
Section 9-212.1 - Landfill Systems -- Denial of Permit to Nongovernmental Person - The Department may deny an application for a permit for...
Section 9-213 - Landfill Systems -- Term of Permit - (a) A permit for a landfill system expires on the...
Section 9-214 - Landfill Systems -- Revoking or Refusing to Renew Permit - The Department may refuse to renew a permit for a...
Section 9-215 - Landfill Systems -- Closing and Covering When Operations End - (a) When landfill operations end, the holder of a permit...
Section 9-216 - Permitted Use of Certain Sewage Disposal Systems in Coastal Plain Physiographic Province - (a) In the coastal plain physiographic province of this State,...
Section 9-217 - Testing and Evaluating Lots for On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Notwithstanding any provision of this title or any regulation of...
Section 9-217.2 - Licensing Requirement for Inspecting On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems -- Adoption of Regulations -- Licensing Application -- Penalty for Violations -- Additional Requirements Authorized - (a) In this section, “license holder” means an individual who...
Section 9-218 - Sanitary Facilities Fund; Funding of Planning - (a) There is a Sanitary Facilities Fund. (b) The Department...
Section 9-219 - Appropriation of Federal or Other Funds for Sewerage Systems, Collector Lines, or Facilities in Patuxent River Watershed - (a) This section does not apply if the State would...
Section 9-220 - Order by Secretary if Water Supply System, Sewerage System, or Refuse Disposal System Is Inefficient; Action by Secretary if Results Are Not Produced - (a) The Secretary shall order the owner or person in...
Section 9-221 - Order to Alter, Extend, or Install Water Supply System, Sewerage System, or Refuse Disposal System; Powers of Health Officer - (a) If, after investigation, the Department determines that any water...
Section 9-222 - Secretary May Order Installation of Public Water Supply System, Public Sewerage System, or Refuse Disposal System - (a) The Secretary may issue an order under subsection (b)...
Section 9-223 - Connecting Property With Water Supply System or Sewerage System; Use of Private Sewage Disposal System; Privies and Shallow Wells for Certain Religious Groups - (a) If a water supply system that serves the public...
Section 9-223.1 - Compliance With Detectable Wire Requirements for Connections to Water Supply or Sewerage Systems - Any new or replacement piping that is buried or installed...
Section 9-224 - Waste Disposal at and Water Pollution From Industrial Establishments - (a) On request of the Secretary, the owner or operator...
Section 9-225 - Landfill Near Hospital Prohibited - Unless a person applied for the permit before October 1,...
Section 9-226 - Certificate of Public Necessity Required for Hazardous Waste Landfill System - If a landfill system for hazardous wastes does not qualify...
Section 9-227 - Infectious Waste in Landfill System Prohibited - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 9-228 - Scrap Tires -- Storage, Recycling, and Disposal - (a) In this section, “approved facility” means a facility located...
Section 9-228.1 - Documents Under Oath - (a) A requirement in this subtitle that a document be...
Section 9-229 - Documents Under Oath -- Action by Secretary - (a) Unless the Secretary determines that a removal and remedial...
Part III - Sewage Sludge
Section 9-230 - Regulations of Department - (a) (1) The Department of the Environment shall adopt regulations...
Section 9-231 - Permit Required - (a) A person shall have a sewage sludge utilization permit...
Section 9-232 - Application for Permit - (a) An applicant for a sewage sludge utilization permit shall:...
Section 9-233 - Compliance With County Requirements; Approval of Governing Body - The Department may not issue a permit to install, materially...
Section 9-234 - Notices, Hearings, and Public Information Meetings Required - (a) When the Department receives an application for a permit...
Section 9-234.1 - Hearing Prior to Issuance, Amendment, or Renewal of Permit - (a) This section does not apply to the storage or...
Section 9-235 - Notice to Local Health Officials and Soil Conservation Districts - The Department shall send to the local health official and...
Section 9-236 - Issuance of Permit - The Department shall issue a sewage sludge utilization permit to...
Section 9-237 - Scope of Permit; Return of Sewage Sludge to Generator - (a) A sewage sludge utilization permit authorizes the permit holder...
Section 9-238 - Term and Renewal of Permit -- in General - (a) A sewage sludge utilization permit expires on the date...
Section 9-239 - Term and Renewal of Permit -- Permits in Effect on July 1, 1984 - A sewage sludge utilization permit in effect on July 1,...
Section 9-240 - Maintaining Bond or Other Security; Complying With Requirements - To keep a sewage sludge utilization permit, a person shall:...
Section 9-241 - Records Maintained by Department - To allow the public to identify every permit that the...
Section 9-242 - Permit Holder to Keep Records and Furnish Information - The Department shall require each holder of a sewage sludge...
Section 9-243 - Inspection of Sewage Sludge Utilization Sites; Stop Work Orders; Authority of Local Health Officials - (a) To enforce this Part III of this subtitle and...
Section 9-244 - Credit of Fees to Maryland Clean Water Fund - The Department shall credit all sewage sludge generator’s fees, permit...
Section 9-245 - Denial of Permit - The Department shall deny an application for a sewage sludge...
Section 9-246 - Suspension, Revocation, and Modification of Permit; Refusal to Renew Permit - (a) The Department may suspend, revoke, or modify a sewage...
Section 9-247 - Standing to Sue or Intervene - (a) Any person who owns land that adjoins land for...
Section 9-248 - Injunctions - In addition to any other remedy authorized under this subtitle,...
Section 9-249 - Utilizing Sewage Sludge Without a Permit - A person may not utilize sewage sludge in this State...
Part IV - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 9-252 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Secretary - (a) (1) To prevent or correct pollution of the waters...
Section 9-253 - Secretary Designated as State Water Pollution Control Agency - (a) For purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,...
Section 9-254 - Employment of Experts, Engineers, and Assistants - Within the limits in the State budget, the Secretary may...
Section 9-255 - Tests of Water and Wastewater - The Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural...
Section 9-256 - Raising Funds on Order of Secretary - (a) If the Secretary serves an order on the State...
Section 9-257 - Water or Ice From Dangerous Source; Mandatory and Remedial Orders - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section:...
Section 9-260 - Minimum Size for Lots and Parcels Having Multiple Bedroom Facilities in Garrett County - If any lot or parcel of land in Garrett County...
Section 9-261 - Record Keeping; Right of Entry of Representative of Secretary; Injunctive Action - (a) The following sanitary districts and persons shall keep any...
Section 9-262 - Revocation Of, Changes To, and Expiration of Permits Issued by Secretary - (a) This section does not apply to the expiration, revocation,...
Section 9-263 - Judicial Review - Any county, municipality, legally constituted water, sewerage or sanitary district,...
Part V - Penalties
Section 9-267 - Violations of 9-227(b) - The provisions of §§ 7-256 through 7-268 of this article...
Section 9-268 - Penalty for Violation of Subtitle, Regulations, Etc - Except for violations of Part III of this subtitle and...
Section 9-268.1 - Violation of 9-228 - (a) In addition to other penalties authorized under this subtitle:...
Section 9-269 - Penalties for Violation of Part Iii of This Subtitle, Regulations, Etc - (a) (1) A person who violates any provision of Part...
Section 9-270 - Penalties for Violation of Part Iii of This Subtitle, Regulations, Etc. -- Sewage Treatment Plant - (a) If, by violating any applicable statute, regulation, or permit...
Part VI - State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund
Section 9-273 - Established - There is a State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund.
Section 9-274 - Source of Moneys - (a) The State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund shall...
Section 9-275 - Application of Fund - (a) For fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter,...
Section 9-276 - Reimbursement of Costs - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,...
Section 9-277 - Regulations - (a) With the approval of the Board of Public Works,...
Section 9-278 - Financial Assistance - (a) To the extent not inconsistent with this subtitle, a...
Part VII - State Coal Combustion By-Products Management Fund
Section 9-281 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...
Section 9-282 - Fund - (a) There is a State Coal Combustion By–Products Management Fund....
Section 9-283 - Fees for Coal Combustion By-Products - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...
Section 9-284 - Use of Money - The Department shall use money in the Fund solely to...
Section 9-285 - Report to General Assembly - Beginning November 1, 2010, the Department shall report each year...
Section 9-286 - Regulations - The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out this part.
Part VIII - Coal Combustion By-Products
Section 9-289 - Regulations - (a) (1) In this part, “coal combustion by–product” means the...
Section 9-290 - Permit to Install New Refuse Disposal System - The Department may not issue a permit under this title...