606                              Laws of Maryland                        Ch. 250

(c) 1 (v) Require the installation of community water supply
[or], sewerage or solid waste disposal systems and the connection
of all premises thereto or the service of all premises thereby if such
systems are reasonably necessary giving due consideration to such
factors as are set forth in paragraph 1 (iv) of this subsection. Such
systems shall be designed so as to permit connection to a larger
system at such time as the larger system becomes available;

(c) 1 (vii) Permit the providing of solid waste acceptance facili-
ties without a systematic collection and transportation system in
areas where a solid waste disposal system is neither available nor
required to be installed under paragraph 1 (v).

(c) 1 [(vii)] (viii) Require the Department, prior to its deci-
sion, to submit the county plan or amendment or revisions REVI-
SION thereof to the Department of Water Resources which shall
advise the Department of matters pertaining to water allocation,
adequacy of industrial waste treatment and the effect of proposed
withdrawals and waste discharges on waters of the State.

(c)   1 [(viii)] (ix) Authorize the Department to approve or dis-
approve county plans submitted in accordance with this section. The
Department may approve a county plan in part, provided that the
part approved includes all of the required elements for such plan.
When a county plan is disapproved in whole or in part, the De-
partment shall notify the county in writing, setting forth the reasons
for such disapproval.

(d)   (2) After nine months following the submission of a county
plan, amendment, or revision thereof, no community water supply
[or], sewerage or solid waste disposal system, or individual water
supply or individual sewerage system or solid waste acceptance fa-
cility may be installed or extended in any geographic area to which
said county plan, amendment, or revision thereof relates, unless it
is in accordance therewith.

(d) (3) No State or local authority empowered to grant building
permits or to approve subdivision plans, maps, or plats, shall grant
any such permit or record or approve any such plan, map, or plat
which provides for individual or community water supply or sewer-
age systems or for solid waste acceptance facilities, unless such sys-
tems or facilities are found to be in conformance with the county
plan, amendments or revisions thereof.

(d) (4) Applicants for building permits or subdivision approvals,
or community water supply or sewerage systems construction ap-
proval or solid waste acceptance facility construction approval, shall
submit to the approving authority such information in such form
as may be reasonably necessary and required, to show compliance
with paragraph 3 of this subsection.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provisions of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is
held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end,
all the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.