HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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387B(A)2 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as
amended from time to time, may petition the State Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene for a grant, within the
following conditions and limitations:

1.  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. WHEN THE FEDERAL GRANT IS UP TO 85 75
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. WHEN THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL
GRANT OFFER COVERS 85 PERCENT OR MORE MORE THAN 75 PERCENT
OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR AN INNOVATIVE OR ALTERNATIVE
PROJECT AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY, THE STATE GRANT OFFER SHALL BE THREE-FOURTHS OF THE
REMAINING AMOUNT OR 12 1/2 PERCENT, WHICHEVER IS LEAST. In
the case of a project to be operated by a State owned
institution or facility, the State grant offer shall equal
the total cost of the project less the amount of any Federal
grant offer made therefor.

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 approving such grants, the Board of Public
Works shall make all reasonable efforts not to jeopardize
Federal grants for the remaining part of such projects.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1979.

Approved May 14, 1979.

CHAPTER 396
(House Bill 1521)
AN ACT concerning

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