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(N) IF ANY PERSON WHO HAS A PERMIT TO COLLECT, HANDLE,
BURN, STORE, OR TRANSPORT SEWAGE SLUDGE VIOLATES ANY CONDITION OF
THE PERMIT OR ANY RULE OR REGULATION OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATING
TO THE USE, COLLECTION, HANDLING, BURNING, STORING, AND
TRANSPORTATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE, THE PERSON IS LIABLE FOR AND
SHALL FORFEIT TO THE STATE A CIVIL PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING $10,000,
PLUS AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING $10,000 A DAY FOR EACH
DAY THAT THE VIOLATION CONTINUES UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $50,000, TO
BE RECOVERED BY THE STATE IN CIVIL ACTION.

(0) (1) ANY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WHOSE DESIGN CAPACITY IS
1,000,000 GALLONS PER DAY OR GREATER AND, WHO, BY VIOLATING
APPLICABLE STATUTES, REGULATIONS, OR PERMIT CONDITIONS, CREATES A
NUISANCE OR OTHERWISE MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR
ENVIRONMENT IS LIABLE FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED $10,000 PER DAY.

(2) EACH DAY OF VIOLATION CONSTITUTES A SEPARATE
VIOLATION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.

9-212.

(c) In Charles and St. Mary's counties, the provisions of
this section apply to the entrenching, storage, or transportation
of sludge emanating from a private, commercial, or municipal
waste water treatment plant not located in the respective county.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 780

(House Bill 1544)

AN ACT concerning

Allegany County - Bel Air Special Taxing District

FOR the purpose of adding certain land in Allegany County to the
special taxing district of Bel Air.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Allegany County
Section 13A

Article 1 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1983 Edition, as amended)