HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(b)  The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is
hereby authorized and directed to approve plans in
accordance with its requirements and issue permits for the
construction, alteration or extension of a water supply
system, a sewage collection and disposal system in the area
described in subsection (a) hereof, with the right in the
commission to charge a reasonable fee therefor, not
exceeding six per cent of the estimated construction cost of
any such project. The commission is further authorized and
directed to make inspections of all such projects during the
course of construction and to require such construction to
be in conformity with the approved plans.

(c)  Upon the completion of any such project the
individual, firm or corporation constructing the same shall
file with the commission as a permanent record a certified
copy of the plans in full, showing the work as built, and
such record shall be of such character and such forms as may
be prescribed by the commission. Any water supply, sewage
collection and disposal system, including oxidation ponds or
sewage lagoons, for the construction, alteration or
extension of which a permit is required under this section,
and is not exempt from the requirements for a permit
pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, shall be
installed, maintained and operated under such rules and
regulations as the commission may require or devise. The
commission is authorized and directed to make inspections of
the operations of all such projects and to require the
owners or operators thereof to maintain and operate them in
compliance with the commission's requirements and with due
regard to public health, safety and comfort. The commission
is authorized to fix and collect from the owners or
operators of such systems a reasonable fee for its
supervision and inspection. Whenever an owner or operator
of such system fails or refuses to make any correction or
fails or refuses to maintain and operate the system in
compliance with the commission's requirements, the
commission may make the correction or, if necessary, take
over for so long a period as may be necessary for the
operation of the system, and collect the costs therefor from
the owners or operators; provided, however, that where a
municipality owns or operates such a system and performs, or
has performed for it, bacteriological and chemical analyses
by qualified personnel, as approved by the Maryland State
Department of Health and the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, and files monthly reports of such analyses with
the commission showing that satisfactory operating
conditions currently exist in that system, the commission
shall not be required to duplicate those analyses and shall
adjust its inspection fees accordingly. After construction
of a water or sewage treatment facility pursuant to a
commission permit, if the operation thereof is subject to
inspection by the state department of health and mental
hygiene, the commission shall not be required to duplicate
those operational inspection functions, and its operation
and inspection fee shall be eliminated or reduced