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(iii) A State grant or loan to the Maryland
Environmental Service for a facility or system that will serve a
State correctional, health, educational, or other institution or
agency, that will serve regional needs, or that will incorporate
a waste-to-energy component may cover 100% of the eligible costs
of the work proposed.

(iv) A State loan under this subsection (5)(b)
shall be for a term not greater than the useful life of the
facility or system being financed and shall be subject to the
same rate of interest as the bonds from which proceeds are used
to provide the loan.

(v) Financial assistance may be provided under
this subsection (5)(b) only for a facility or system that is
included in the county solid waste plan required by Subtitle 5 of
Title 9 of the Health - Environmental Article of the Code, as
amended.

(c)  Financial assistance may be provided under this
Act only for a facility or system of: (i) the Maryland
Environmental Service; or (ii) a municipality, if the
municipality and the Maryland Environmental Service execute an

agreement that is designed to assure compliance by the
municipality with the purposes and terms of this Act.

(d)  Each application for financial assistance under
this Act shall be submitted to the Maryland Environmental
Service. Copies of the application shall be submitted to the
Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and State Planning.

(e)  The Maryland Environmental Service, in
consultation with the Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene
and State Planning, shall periodically prepare and submit to the
Board of Public Works a list of pending applications for
financial assistance under this Act, together with a
recommendation for the priority of funding of each application.
High funding priorities shall be assigned to facilities or
systems that will serve regional needs, that will incorporate
waste-to-energy components or other innovative or alternative
solutions to solid waste management problems, or that are
necessary to avoid a critical loss of solid waste disposal
capability. The Board of Public Works has final approval
authority over all financial assistance provided under this Act.

(f)  Any federal grant that is available for work
proposed in an application for financial assistance under this
Act shall be applied first to the cost of the proposed work. The
percentage of State financial assistance otherwise available
under this Act shall be applied against the eligible costs
remaining after the federal grant is applied.

(g)  Each recipient of financial assistance under this
Act shall comply with all applicable federal and State laws,