HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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The Department OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE shall
assist soil conservation districts in preparing and
implementing a unified sediment control program under this
subtitle.

Subtitle 12. Watershed Sediment and Water Control

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] HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE. Every future sewage
treatment plant located within the watershed shall be
constructed to conform with these standards.

8-1210. Procedure for erosion and sedimentation control for
Severn River Watershed.

When any stripping, grading, excavating, or filling is
done, the soil conservation district first shall approve the
proposed earth change before a grading permit is issued.
Stripping, grading, and constructing shall be done in
accordance with the recommendations of the soil conservation
district to control erosion and siltation. The Department
OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE shall cooperate with and assist
the soil conservation district to perform its
responsibilities. The appropriate Department of Anne Arundel
County or the City of Annapolis promptly shall file a copy
of the inspection reports with the soil conservation
district. On completion and compliance with every condition
set forth in the grading permit, the soil conservation
district shall be notified.

Subtitle 14. Water Pollution Control and Abatement.

8-1401. Definition.

(e) "Industrial user" means any person engaged in the
manufacture, fabrication, assemblage and such other classes
of significant producers of pollutants identified under
regulations [issued by] OF the Secretary of [Natural
Resources] HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE or [by] the
Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.

8-1402. Declaration of public policy.