1816                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 722

tary sewerage system and of factors of timing, cost of OR other con-
ditions relative to any subsequent projected public sewerage
service.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 387D be and it is hereby added to Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1971
Supplement), title "Health," subtitle "Water, Ice and Sewerage,"
to follow immediately after Section 387C thereof, and to read as
follows:

387D. Applications for septic tank permits in Montgomery and
Prince George's district; requirement of referral to Wash-
ington Suburban Sanitary Commission for review and com-
ment; provisions for notice of installations and conditions
thereon.

(a) In those districts of the State of Maryland, established by
the Commissioner of Health with the approval of the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene; under Section 6 of this Article US, which
follow the county lines of and embrace the Counties of Prince
George's and Montgomery, neither the State Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene, any Deputy State Health Officer, or local Health
Department may issue or approve a permit for the installation and
utilization of an individual septic tank or private septic system
unless the application therefore has first been submitted to the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission for its review and com-
ment, but the submission of the application to the Commission for
review and comment shall not be required if the septic tank permit
application is for property in an area shown on the pertinent
County's Ten Year Sewerage Plan, adopted pursuant to Section 387C
of Article US of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as an area in
which a public sewerage system is not contemplated within 10 years,
such area currently being denominated Area 5 in the Prince George's
County Ten Year Sewerage Plan and Category HI in the current
Montgomery County Ten Year Sewerage Plan, nor shall the permit
issue unless the other conditions for issuance specified in this Section
have been met. The Commission shall review and comment in writing
to the Health Officer submitting an application for spectic SEPTIC
tank or for connection to private septic tank systems, with the review
and comments to include a determination of the location of the
nearest public sewer collection line, capacity, feasibility, cost, and
engineering conditions or requirements for extension thereof, and an
estimate of time of extension, if available. If more than one property
in an area or subdivision is proposed for development, or reasonably
expected to be developed, with the use of private septic tank or a
private septic system, the Health Officer shall indicate that fact to
the Commission with the submission of the initial septic tank
permit, or with the submission of such permit after that knowl-
edge reasonably becomes known to the Health Officer, and in such
cases the Commission may group the applications for review and
comment purposes,. If the Commission does not respond in writing
to the submitting Health Officer within 20 30 days of the Commission's
receipt of the Health Officer's submittal, the Health Officer may pro-
ceed to process and issue the permit, if otherwise appropriate, with-
out further regard to this subsection (a).