Ch. 580

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iii) (v) 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) (vi) (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) (vii) (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 Title 9 of the Health - Environmental

Environment Article of the Code, as amended.

(vi) (viii) (vi) Total grants under this
subsection (5)(b) for a single facility or system may not exceed
$1,000,000 $250,000. except that total grants or loans for a
facility or system that will serve regional needs or that will
incorporate a waste to energy component may not exceed

$1,500,000.

(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
executes 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 the Environment and
State Planning.

(e)  The Maryland Environmental Service, in
consultation with the Departments of the Environment 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.

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