WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 815

persons. Service districts shall be based upon approved
State-county master water and sewerage plans or solid waste
disposal plans, if any, adopted pursuant to the Environment
Article, but they may also take account of other plans and
studies.

[(1)] (N) "Service region" means a geographic area which
the Maryland Environmental Service designates and within which
the director, after consultation with the municipalities
affected, causes surveys, plans, studies, and estimates to be
made for the purpose of determining the most dependable,
effective, and efficient means of providing services through
water supply projects, solid waste disposal projects, or
wastewater purification projects. Service regions shall be based
upon needs set forth in approved State-county master water and
sewerage plans, or solid waste disposal plans, if any, adopted
pursuant to the Environment Article, but they may also take
account of other plans and studies.

[(m)] (O) "Solid waste disposal project" means any service,
facility, or REAL OR PERSONAL property used or useful or having
present capacity for future use in connection with the collection
or disposal of solid wastes by any means, including disposal
through the production of energy or products, or otherwise.

[(n)] (P) "Solid wastes" means all [putrescible and
nonputrescible] waste materials [which are not gaseous or
liquid], WHETHER SOLID, LIQUID, OR GAS, INCLUDING LIQUID WASTES.
The term includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue,
wastewater treatment residue, street cleanings, dead animals,
demolition and construction debris, household appliances,
automobile bodies, offal, paunch manure, METHANE OR OTHER GASES,
SEWAGE SLUDGE and solid OR GASEOUS WASTE MATERIALS [wastes] from
commercial, AGRICULTURAL, or industrial activities, OR FROM
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

[o)] (Q) "Wastewater purification project" means any
service, facility, or property, REAL OR PERSONAL, used or useful
or having present capacity for future use in connection with the
collection or treatment of liquid wastes.

[(P)] (R) "Water supply project" means any service,
facility, or property, REAL OR PERSONAL, used, useful, or having
present capacity for future use in connection with water supply
and distribution, including any water treatment facility or
property and rights therein and appurtenances thereto.

3-102.

(a) To assist with the preservation, improvement, and
management of the quality of air, land, and water resources, and
to promote the health and welfare of the citizens of the State,
it is the intention of the General Assembly in enactment of this

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