3676                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                        Ch. 779

CHAPTER 779

(House Bill 1460)

AN ACT concerning

Sewage Sludge Management

FOR the purpose of defining certain terms; requiring the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt rules and
regulations for sewage sludge management; requiring the
Department of Agriculture to approve certain rules and
regulations; requiring the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to notify county and municipal officials before the
land application of sludge and to hold a public hearing or
public information meeting under certain circumstances;
creating a State sewage sludge utilization fund;
establishing a limit on the amount of money to be collected
in the fund; providing for use of the fund; authorizing the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to assess and
collect certain fees; requiring a person to hold a sewage
sludge utilization permit before that person may utilize
sludge; establishing permit requirements; requiring the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to send a copy of
the permit application to the affected county and
municipality and under certain circumstances to an adjacent
county; requiring the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to maintain a permanent public record of sewage
sludge utilizations permits; allowing for the inspection of
any site where sewage sludge is utilized; allowing the
county health officer local health official to issue a stop
work order or seek injunctive relief under certain
circumstances; requiring authorizing the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene to delegate inspection,
monitoring, and enforcement power to the county health
officer local health official; providing that the Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene may suspend, revoke, or modify
a sewage sludge utilization permit under certain
circumstances; providing certain penalties and injunctive
powers; allowing certain persons to sue and have standing to
contest certain actions under this Act; and generally
relating to sewage sludge management.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Health - Environmental

Section l-101(a) and (f) and, 9-201(a), and 9-212(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY adding to

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