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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 805

this section, such extensions, projects or programs of major
extensions of sewer and water facilities shall include those
sewer mains of fifteen inches or over, water mains of
sixteen inches or over, sewage or water pumping stations,
force mains, storage and other major facilities, except such
water mains which will provide only local service and may be
of an above mentioned size merely as a small segment of a
future main so as to avoid unnecessary and uneconomical
duplication at the time of construction of a subsequent
major project;

(2)  Additions of new projects and the deletion,
modification, or rescheduling of previously approved
projects with respect to which a construction contract has
not been let, or will not be let during the current fiscal
year;

(3)  An indication, by project, of those lines,
or storm drainage facilities, for which construction
contributions, have been made or committed, together with
the amounts of contributions as of date of the preparation
of the proposed program. Addenda shall be submitted for
projects for which contributions are made or committed prior
to approval or amendment of the commission's capital
improvements program by the respective county governing
bodies; and

(4)  The following information with respect to
each project, as applicable: (i) the estimated maximum
diameter, length, and location of water and sewer lines,
(ii) the design capacity, and approximate location, of
pumping stations, (iii) the maximum population which could
be served by each sewer construction item as it is proposed
to be designed, (iv) the maximum area limits which could be
served by gravity systems for each sewerage system
construction item and the area which each such item is
designed to serve, with such areas to be set forth in a
general narrative statement and on a map; (v) the
demonstrated need for each project which will include a
presentation of appropriate facts justifying such proposed
construction; and (vi) the estimated cost of each
construction item in the program.

(c) (1) Each county governing body shall finally act
upon, by way of approval, disapproval or modification, as
more particularly hereinafter set forth, the commission's
six-year capital improvements program. Such approvals or
modifications may include as a part the designation of a
water or sewer main as being of controlled or limited access
for service to designated areas within that county. The
final action on each annual commission's six-year capital
improvements program shall occur only after public hearings
on the program which may be conducted in conjunction with
public hearings on the county governing body's own and other
agencies' six-year programs or capital budgets. With
respect to inclusion of surface water or storm drainage
facilities in the annual commission's six-year capital