MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1209

SHALL SUBMIT AN IMPROVED SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLAN TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE FOR APPROVAL.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, WITHIN
TEN DAYS, SHALL REFER COPIES OF THE PLAN TO THE
APPROPRIATE COUNTY GOVERNING UNIT OF THE COUNTY IN
WHICH THE PLANT IS LOCATED, THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES AND, IN MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTIES, TO THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY
COMMISSION AND THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND
PLANNING COMMISSION, FOR: REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.
THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

(B) CONTENTS; TIME SCHEDULE.—THE SEWAGE PLAN
SHALL INDICATE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED TO
INSURE THAT PURITY OF THE EFFLUENT MEETS REQUIRED
STANDARDS, AND SHALL INCLUDE A TIME SCHEDULE TO
CONSTRUCT NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THREE YEARS.

(C)   HEARING; NOTICE; APPROVAL BY DEPARTMENT.—IF
THE APPLICANT OR ANY UNIT REQUESTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL HOLD A HEARING ON THE
PLAN AFTER AT LEAST TEN DAYS' NOTICE TO THE APPLICANT
AND UNITS TO WHICH THE REFERRAL WAS MADE. THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL APPROVE
THE PLAN WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE OWNER OR OPERATOR
SUBMITS THE PLAN. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE MAY MAKE ANY AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION IT
DETERMINES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESCRIBED
STANDARDS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b) and (c)
presently appear as Article 66C, section
411X of the Code. As a result of Chapter
77, Acts of 1969, the Department of Health
was renamed the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene. The nomenclatural changes
concerning the Department of Natural
Resources are made pursuant to Chapter 348,
Acts of 1972. The reference to five years
is changed to three in order to be
consistent with the similar shorter term in
Article 66C, section 411AG(b). The only
other changes made are in style.

(D)   PROCEDURE UPON NONCOMPLIANCE. - IF THE OWNER
OR OPERATOR OF THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT FAILS TO
SUBMIT A PLAN OR CONSTRUCT NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED PLAN, THE APPROPRIATE
COUNTY GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY, OR IN MONTGOMERY
AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTIES, THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN