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to the community water supply or sewerage system, in as economical
and convenient a way as can be foreseen. Such provision shall include
either the posting of a bond with satisfactory surety to secure to
the governing body of the county the actual construction and instal-
lation of community water supply or sewerage systems at a time
fixed by the governing body of the county, and in accordance with
the regulations issued hereunder and with all other State and county
requirements; or such other arrangements as may be deemed neces-
sary and adequate to accomplish the purposes of this subsection;

(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 Natural Resources which shall advise the Department of matters
pertaining to water allocation, adequacy of industrial waste treat-
ment and the effect of proposed withdrawals and waste discharges
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.

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 [of] or
amendments thereto may be financed in part, as provided in sub-
section (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.

387C.

(d) Approval of county plans; conformance to approved plans;
annual review of plans; report to Department.—1. Within six months
after the submission of a county plan, amendment, or revision thereof,
the Department shall approve or disapprove that county plan, amend-
ment, or revision thereof. Any county plan, amendment, or revision
thereof which has been submitted 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-