WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         S.B. 893

maintenance, expansion, relocation, replacement, renovation, or repair of facilities in
accordance with its statutory authority, including the receiving of State and federal grants
if available. The municipality may construct, operate, maintain, expand, relocate, replace,
renovate, or repair these facilities.

(x) In making plans, surveys, studies, and investigations under this subtitle, the
Service shall include in its findings its statement of the impact that a project may have on
the site on which the project is to be located if that site has cultural, historic, or social
significance.

(Y) TO CREATE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD, PRIVATE
CORPORATIONS FOR PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBTITLE.

(Z) TO EXERCISE ALL THE CORPORATE POWERS GRANTED MARYLAND
CORPORATIONS UNDER THE MARYLAND GENERAL CORPORATION LAW.

3-105.

(a)     The Service is responsible for carrying out the following general activities
subject to the limitations stated in this section.

(b)     Planning, integrating, and establishing geographic service regions and
districts, in cooperation with affected municipalities and based upon approved
State-county master plans for water and sewerage, and solid waste disposal as provided in
the Environment Article, as well as other plans and studies permitted by this subtitle.

(c)     Research and developmental studies and investigations into improved
methods and techniques of water supply, liquid wastes, and solid wastes acquisition,
transportation, processing, RECYCLING, purification, disposal and management, and
technical consultation and assistance to design, management, and operation personnel of
the Service and, pursuant to an order or request, to appropriate municipalities or persons
possessing similar responsibilities.

(d)     To the extent appropriate in each instance, acquisition, design, construction,
reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, operation, maintenance, and repair of a
water supply project, wastewater purification project, and solid waste disposal project,
pursuant to an order of the Secretary of the Environment as further provided in §§ 3-109
and 3-110 of this subtitle; or pursuant to a mandatory agreement to provide requested
services, as provided in § 3-107 of this subtitle; or pursuant to an approved five-year plan,
as provided in § 3-106 of this subtitle.

(e)     Except upon request of a municipality and pursuant to a contract between the
Service and the municipality, the Service may not acquire, construct, operate, or establish
a wastewater purification project or solid waste disposal project, as the case may be, for
(1) any area or district which, in the determination of the Secretary of the Environment,
is receiving adequate service from a project owned by a municipality and operated in
compliance with applicable laws and regulations; or (2) any area or district which, in the
determination of that Secretary, will receive, within a reasonable time, adequate service
from a project owned by a municipality and operated in compliance with applicable laws
and regulations; OR (3) DREDGING OR DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL PROJECTS.

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