MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                     501

STUDIES PERMITTED BY THIS SUBTITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
derived from Article 33B, section 3B (a) of
the Code.

(C)    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES AND
INVESTIGATIONS INTO IMPROVED METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF
LIQUID AND SOLID WASTES ACQUISITION, TRANSPORTATION,
PROCESSING, PURIFICATION, DISPOSAL AND MANAGEMENT, AND
TECHNICAL CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE TO DESIGN,
MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATION PERSONNEL OF THE SERVICE
AND, PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OR REQUEST, TO APPROPRIATE
MUNICIPALITIES OR PERSONS POSSESSING SIMILAR
RESPONSIBILITIES.

REVISOR's NOTE: This subsection is new language
derived from Article 33B, section 3B (b) of
the Code.

(D)    TO THE EXTENT APPROPRIATE IN EACH INSTANCE,
ACQUISITION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION,
REHABILITATION, IMPROVEMENT, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE,
AND REPAIR OF WATER SUPPLY, WASTE WATER PURIFICATION
AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROJECTS, PURSUANT TO AN
ORDER OF EITHER THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE OR THE SECRETARY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AS
FURTHER PROVIDED IN §§ 3-109 AND 3-110 OF THIS
SUBTITLE; OR PURSUANT TO A MANDATORY AGREEMENT TO
PROVIDE REQUESTED SERVICES, AS PROVIDED IN § 3-107 OF
THIS SUBTITLE; OR PURSUANT TO AN APPROVED FIVE-YEAR
PLAN, AS PROVIDED IN § 3-106 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new     language

derived from Article 33B, section   3B (c) of

the Code, as amended by Chapter   523, Acts
of 1972.

(E)    EXCEPT UPON REQUEST OF THE APPROPRIATE
MUNICIPALITY AND PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
SERVICE AND MUNICIPALITY, THE SERVICE MAY NOT ACQUIRE,
CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, OR ESTABLISH A WASTE WATER
PURIFICATION PROJECT OR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROJECT,
AS THE CASE MAY BE, FOR (1) ANY AREA OR DISTRICT
WHICH, IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE, IS RECEIVING ADEQUATE SERVICE FROM
A PROJECT OWNED BY A MUNICIPALITY AND OPERATED IN
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS; OR
(2) ANY AREA OR DISTRICT WHICH, IN THE DETERMINATION
OF THAT SECRETARY, WILL RECEIVE, WITHIN A REASONABLE
TIME, ADEQUATE SERVICE FROM A PROJECT OWNED BY A