projects may be based on the original cost of the project minus an allowance for
depreciation, or on other terms and conditions satisfactory to the municipality or person
transferring the project. All costs and obligations assumed by the Service incidental to the
transfer of ownership of an existing project shall be included in the charges apportioned
to the service district.

(i) The Service shall review, update, and readopt the five-year plan for each
service region biennially after review by the municipalities and persons concerned. The
five-year plan may be updated and readopted by the Service only after at least one public
hearing in each of the counties affected. Upon updating and readopting, the Service shall
take the actions necessary to implement the revised plan:

(j) The Service by formal action, and after consultation with the municipalities
affected, may extend the boundaries of service regions or districts, combine two or more
service regions or districts or parts thereof and combine, abandon, extend, enlarge,
improve, or make any other modification of projects serving one or more service districts,
but no change may diminish any existing level of service rendered to the district or
districts concerned.

(k) Within a wastewater purification service district, the Service is responsible for
the purification and disposal of liquid waste as set forth in the five-year plan, including
the residue resulting from purification, that is delivered to the [service] SERVICE
projects through the sewer pipes of any municipality or person in the service district,
except that the Service may exclude or require preconditioning of any waste that might
otherwise be harmful to structures or purification processes or endanger the health or
safety of workers. Within the service district no municipality or person may discharge
liquid waste onto the surface of the ground or into the waterways of the State except
through the projects of the Service or of a municipality or person designated by the plan
or under reasonable conditions the Service stipulates.

(1) Within a solid waste disposal service district the Service is responsible for the
disposal of solid wastes as set forth in the five-year plan. Within the service district no
municipality or person may dispose of solid wastes except through the projects of the
Service or of a municipality or person designated by the plan, or under reasonable
conditions the Service stipulates.

(m) Within a water supply service district, the Service shall be responsible for
supply and distribution of water as set forth in the five-year plan.

(n) [With the consent of the county or municipal corporation in which a project is
to be located, the] THE Service may implement a project not provided for in the five-year
plan adopted under this subtitle, service region, or service district established under this
section or if no five-year plan, service region, or service district has been established.

3-107.

(a) Any municipality or person may request the Service to provide the water
supply, wastewater purification or solid waste disposal projects authorized by this subtitle.
The request shall set forth the type of proposed project to be furnished and the proposed
boundaries of the area within which a project is requested.

Ch. 196

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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