9-505.

(a) In addition to the other requirements of this subtitle,
each county plan shall:

(16) By July 1, 1987, treat each publicly owned
community sewerage system as a separate entity for fiscal
purposes within the local operating agency; [and]

(17) Document compliance with and report on actions
taken and plans to enforce the Maryland Water Conservation
Plumbing Fixtures Law under Article 56[,] of the Code;

(18) FOR A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN
150,000 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DEPARTMENT OF STATE PLANNING
PROJECTIONS, INCLUDE A RECYCLING PLAN BY JULY 1, 1990 THAT:-------

(I)    PROVIDES FOR A REDUCTION THROUGH RECYCLING
OF AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY'S SOLID WASTE STREAM BY
WEIGHT OR SUBMITS ADEQUATE JUSTIFICATION, INCLUDING ECONOMIC AND
OTHER SPECIFIC FACTORS, AS TO WHY THE 20 PERCENT REDUCTION CANNOT
BE MET;

(II)   PROVIDES FOR RECYCLING OF THE SOLID WASTE
STREAM TO THE EXTENT PRACTICAL AND ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE, BUT IN
NO EVENT MAY LESS THAN A 10 PERCENT REDUCTION BE SUBMITTED; AND

(III) REQUIRES FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

RECYCLING PLAN BY JANUARY 1, 1994; AND

(19) FOR A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION LESS THAN 150,000
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DEPARTMENT OF STATE PLANNING PROJECTIONS,
INCLUDE A RECYCLING PLAN BY JULY 1, 1990 THAT:

(I) PROVIDES FOR A REDUCTION THROUGH RECYCLING
OF AT LEAST 15 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY'S SOLID WASTE STREAM OR
SUBMIT ADEQUATE JUSTIFICATION, INCLUDING ECONOMIC AND OTHER
SPECIFIC FACTORS, AS TO WHY THE 15 PERCENT REDUCTION CANNOT BE
MET;

(II) PROVIDES FOR RECYCLING OF THE SOLID WASTE
STREAM TO THE EXTENT PRACTICAL AND ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE, BUT IN
NO EVENT MAY LESS THAN A 5 PERCENT REDUCTION BE SUBMITTED; AND---

(III) REQUIRE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
RECYCLING PLAN BY JANUARY 1, 1994.                                                     

(C) THE RECYCLING REDUCTIONS OF 20 PERCENT AND 15 PERCENT
PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (A)(18) AND (19) OF THIS SECTION ARE NOT

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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 536

INSTALLED, MATERIALLY ALTERED, OR MATERIALLY EXTENDED HAS A
RECYCLING PLAN SUBMITTED AND APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 9-505
OF THIS 7 TITLE.