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(vii) Permit the providing of solid waste acceptance facilities
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).

(viii) Require the Department, prior to its decision, to submit
the county plan or amendment or revision thereof to the Department
of Water NATURAL 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 dis-
charges on waters of the State.

(ix) Authorize the Department to approve or disapprove 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 Department shall notify
the county in writing, setting forth the reasons for such disapproval.

(x) Require systematic collection and disposal of litter, refuse,
or other solid wastes from public and private property.

2.    The governing body of the county, within six months from the
notification of a disapproval, shall have the right to appeal the action
of the Department to the State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene
for reconsideration in accordance with the regulations adopted under
this section.

3.    The Department may conduct studies, surveys, investigations,
research, and analyses to accomplish the purposes of this subsection.

4.    The cost of preparing county plans and revisions of amend-
ments thereto may be financed in part, as provided in subsection
(a) 1 of Section 387B.

5.    Notwithstanding any provision of this subtitle, the Department
shall have the authority to determine the location of any sewerage
treatment facility discharge point included in the county plan re-
quired by this section.

(d) 1. Within six months after the submission of a county plan,
amendment, or revision thereof, the Department shall approve or
disapprove that county plan, amendment, or revision thereof. Any
county plan, amendment, or revision thereof which has been submit-
ted in accordance with this section and which has not been disapproved
by the Department within the time required by this subsection shall
be deemed to be approved.

2.    After nine months following the submission of a county plan,
amendment, or revision thereof, no community water supply, sewer-
age or solid waste disposal system, or individual water supply or
individual sewerage system or solid waste acceptance facility 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.

3.    No State or local authority empowered to grant building per-
mits 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 sewerage sys-