Ch. 196

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 196
(Senate Bill 658)

AN ACT concerning

Recycling - County Reports

FOR the purpose of requiring counties that have achieved a certain required percentage
of solid waste reduction to provide certain reports annually rather than biannually;
requiring certain reports to be provided within 90 days after the close of a certain
reporting period; providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally relating
to reports concerning county recycling plans.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 9-1705
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume)                       

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

9-1705.

(A)     Beginning on July 1, 1990, and biannually thereafter, each county WHICH HAS
NOT ACHIEVED THE PERCENTAGE OF SOLID WASTE REDUCTION REQUIRED BY THIS
ARTICLE SHALL, as a part of [their] ITS solid waste plan update, [shall] provide a
report to the Department which shall include:

(1)      The total amount, by weight, of solid waste collected;

(2)      The total amount, by weight, of solid waste disposed of at solid waste
acceptance facilities;

(3) The amount and types of materials recycled;

(4)      The methods of disposal of solid waste used, other than recycling; and

(5)      The percentage reduction in the amount of solid waste needing disposal
that has been achieved.

(B)      A COUNTY THAT HAS ACHIEVED THE PERCENTAGE OF SOLID WASTE
REDUCTION REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL PROVIDE THE REPORT DESCRIBED
IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT ANNUALLY, ON A
CALENDAR YEAR BASIS.

(C)     ALL REPORTS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF
THE ANNUAL OR BIANNUAL REPORTING PERIOD.

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