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LAWS OF

MARYLAND

[Ch. 262

(5)    Not more than $2,500,000 shall be
granted for projects in any one political subdivision.

(6)   To be eligible for a grant, each
county shall submit an annual inventory, as part of the
county water and sewerage plan pursuant to Section 387C
of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, of
specific locations where failing or inadequate individual
sewerage systems occur, and proposed solutions.

(b) The balance of the proceeds shall be used
exclusively to provide State grants to assist in the
construction of sewage treatment plants and related
facilities in Maryland, and to finance studies relating
to water quality problems in Maryland approved or
conducted by the Department of Natural Resources;
provided however, that the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commissions portion of the capital costs for
improvements to an enlargement of sanitary sewage
facilities and systems operated by the District of
Columbia pursuant to agreements between the Commission,
the District of Columbia, and the United States
Government shall be deemed a project eligible for a State
grant hereunder. All grants authorized or made hereunder
other than for water quality studies shall be subject to
the following conditions and limitations:

(1)   Except as provided in subsection (a)
above, a State grant offer shall be made only for the
construction of projects that meet the specifications
required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and
all applicable state legislation and regulations, as
amended from time to time.

(2)    Except as provided in paragraph (3)
below, a State grant offer shall be made only for a
project or part of a project on which a Federal grant
offer is made, and the State grant offer shall BE IN AN
amount UP to one—half of the eligible cost remaining
after the maximum Federal grant has been applied. In the
case of a project to be operated by a State owned
institution or facility, the State grant offer may equal
the total cost of the project.

(3)    The Board of Public Works is
authorized, in its discretion and upon recommendation of
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to approve a
State grant not to exceed 87—1/2 percent of the eligible
cost of a project or part of a project, if the Board
finds (A) that the immediate initiation or continuation
of such project is critical to the public health or
compliance with water quality standards of the State, and
(B) that a timely and sufficient Federal grant is not
available for such project or part of a project. In