1208                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 4

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE PATUXENT
RIVER AND THE SEVERN RIVER ARE A GREAT NATURAL ASSET
AND RESOURCE TO THE STATE AND THE COUNTIES THROUGH
WHICH THEY RUN. AS A RESULT OF POORLY TREATED
EFFLUENT DISCHARGED FROM SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANTS AND
EROSION AND SILT DEPOSITED IN THE RIVERS FROM
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ON LAND IN THE WATERSHED,
THE PATUXENT RIVER AND SEVERN RIVER ARE BEING POLLUTED
AND DESPOILED TO A DEGREE THAT FISH, MARINE LIFE, AND
RECREATIONAL USE OF THE RIVERS ARE BEING ADVERSELY
AFFECTED AND CURTAILED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 411V of the Code. The
last sentence is proposed for deletion
because its substance is set forth in
section 8—1201(c). The only other changes
made are in style.

8-1203. STANDARDS FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS.

EVERY PERSON WHO DISPOSES OF OR TREATS SEWAGE IN
THE WATERSHED SHALL ANTICIPATE THE NEED FOR ADVANCED
WASTE TREATMENT AND REMOVAL OF NUTRIENTS, IN PROVIDING
LAND AND PLANNING CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT
PLANTS, SO THAT EFFLUENT FROM SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS
IS SUFFICIENTLY TREATED TO MEET THE EFFLUENT WATER
QUALITY STANDARD FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL VALUES, DISSOLVED
OXYGEN, PH, AND TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS DEFINED BY THE
SECRETARY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. EVERY FUTURE SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANT LOCATED WITHIN THE WATERSHED SHALL BE
CONSTRUCTED TO CONFORM WITH THESE STANDARDS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 411W of the Code.
Since agencies are included in the
definition of "person" under section
8—101(b), only person is used. Reference
to the "Water Resources Commission" and its
regulations is changed to "Secretary of
Natural Resources" pursuant to Chapter 348,
Acts of 1972. All rules and regulations
now bear the name of the secretary. The
only other changes made are in style.

8-1204. SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLAN.

(A) WHEN REQUIRED; SUBMISSION.—ANY OWNER OR
OPERATOR OF A SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT WHICH DOES NOT
MEET THE PRESCRIBED WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, WITHIN
180 DAYS' NOTICE OF FAILURE TO MEET THESE STANDARDS,