MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        1041

and Parks, the State Department of Game and Inland Fish, the State
Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs and in Montgomery and
Prince George's Counties to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com-
mission and The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Com-
mission for their review and recommendation, and shall allow such
agencies thirty (30) days in which to respond.

(a)    Said sewage plan shall indicate the necessary improvements
required to insure purity of the effluent to the above standard, and
shall include a time schedule for the construction of the necessary
improvements within not more than five (5) years.

(b)    If requested by the applicant or any agency, the Department
of Health shall hold a hearing thereon, after not less than ten (10)
days' notice to the applicant and agencies to which referral was
made. The Department shall approve the plan, with such amend-
ments and modifications as it may determine, in accordance with
the standards of this Act, within ninety (90) days of submission
of the plan by the operator.

411Y.

In the event that the owners or operators of said sewage disposal
plant fail to submit a plan or to construct the necessary improvements
in accordance with an approved plan, the County Council or County
Commissioners of such county, AND IN MONTGOMERY AND
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTIES THE WASHINGTON SUBUR-
BAN SANITARY COMMISSION shall, upon thirty (30) days' writ-
ten notice from the Department of Health that compliance has not been
made with the requirements of this subsection, proceed with and
complete the necessary plan and work so that the said sewage
disposal plant will conform to the standards herein stated.

411Z.

Corporations and partnerships which own or control the said
sewage disposal plant, and operators shall be liable to the county
or governmental agency for funds so expended for sewage im-
provements, plus costs to include attorneys' fees, and the same shall
also be a lien against the said property and collectable as taxes.

411AA.

The County Health Department in each county shall take not
less than one monthly stream sample at the critical point of all
sewage disposal plant outflows within the watershed in its county
and deliver copies of all analyses of such samples to the operator,
the Department of Health and the other Agencies above listed.

411AB.

Any person, partnership, or corporation who shall discharge raw
sewage or other waste of any kind into the river, or any of its
tributaries, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished as provided in section 411AD(b). Oyster
and clam shells, and materials used in the culture of marine life
shall not be deemed waste for the purposes of this Act, NOR SHALL
A DISCHARGE FROM A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OP-
ERATING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
411W BE DEEMED WASTE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION.