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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 462
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(2) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Bay Restoration
Fund be:
(i) Used, in part, to provide the funding necessary to upgrade any
of the wastewater treatment facilities that are located in the State or used by citizens
of the State in order to achieve enhanced nutrient removal where it is cost-effective to
do so; and
(ii) Available for treatment facilities discharging into the Atlantic
Coastal Bays or other waters of the State, but that priority be given to treatment
facilities discharging into the Chesapeake Bay.
(3) The Bay Restoration Fund shall be maintained and administered by
the Administration in accordance with the provisions of this section and any rules or
program directives as the Secretary or the Board may prescribe.
(4) There is established a Bay restoration fee to be paid by any user of a
wastewater facility, an onsite sewage disposal system, or a holding tank that:
(i) Is located in the State; or
(ii) Serves a Maryland user and is eligible for funding under this
subtitle.
(b) (1) The Bay restoration fee is:
(i) Beginning January 1, 2005, for each residential dwelling that
receives an individual sewer bill and each user of an onsite sewage disposal system or
a holding tank that receives a water bill, $2.50 per month;
(ii) Beginning October 1, 2005, for each user of an onsite sewage
disposal system that does not receive a water bill, $30 per year;
(iii) Beginning October 1, 2005, for each user of a sewage holding
tank that does not receive a water bill, $30 per year; and
(iv) Beginning January 1, 2005, for a building or group of buildings
under single ownership or management that receives a sewer bill and that contains
multiple residential dwellings that do not receive an individual sewer bill or for a
nonresidential user:
1. For each equivalent dwelling unit not exceeding 3,000
equivalent dwelling units, $2.50 per month;
2. For each equivalent dwelling unit exceeding 3,000
equivalent dwelling units and not exceeding 5,000 equivalent dwelling units, $1.25
per month; and
3. For each equivalent dwelling unit exceeding 5,000
equivalent dwelling units, zero.
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