WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 667
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

9-101.

(j) (1) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge, or
liquid from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural
operations or from community activities.

(2)   "SOLID WASTE" INCLUDES USED TIRES AS DEFINED IN §
9-201 OF THIS TITLE.

(3)   "Solid waste" does not include solid or dissolved
material in domestic sewage or in irrigation return flows.

9-201.

(K) "STORE USED TIRES" MEANS THE ACCUMULATION OF USED TIRES
IN ANY FORM OR CONFIGURATION IN EXCESS OF 15,000 CUBIC FEET.

(K) (L) "USED TIRES" MEANS DISCARDED TIRES AND PARTS OF
TIRES RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF DISCARDED TIRES MEANS
TIRES WHICH ARE NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR THEIR ORIGINAL INTENDED
PURPOSE.

[(k)] (L) (M) "Utilize sewage sludge" means to collect,
handle, burn, store, treat, or transport sewage sludge TO OR FROM
A SEWAGE SLUDGE GENERATOR OR UTILIZER IN THIS STATE to or from a
sewage sludge generator or utilizer in this State, to apply it to
land, or to dispose of it.

[(1)] (M) (N) (1) "Water supply system" means:

(i) A source and the surrounding area from
which water is supplied for drinking or domestic purposes; and

(ii) Any structure, channel, or appurtenance
used to prepare water for use or to deliver water to a consumer.

(2) "Water supply system" does not include the
plumbing system inside any building that is served by the water
supply system.

9-228.

(A) UNLESS THE PERSON DEMONSTRATES TO THE SATISFACTION OF
THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE USED TIRES WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MARKET
PLACE, USED AS FUEL IN AN APPROVED RESOURCE RECOVERY INCINERATOR,

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