Ch. 476

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) Notify the Commission if there is more than 1 application for a
permit in an area or subdivision of each county when:

1.       The original permit application is submitted to the
Commission; or

2.       This fact reasonably becomes known to the health officer.

(2) This subsection does not apply to an area of each county in which a
community sewerage system is not planned within 10 years under the county's
comprehensive plan for sewerage systems.                                                 

(f)      (1) Within 30 days after the Commission receives an application under
subsection (e)(1) of this section, the Commission shall review the application and
comment to the health officer, in writing, on the application.

(2)     If there is more than 1 application for a permit in an area or subdivision
of each county, the Commission may group these applications together for purposes of
review and comment.

(3)     In its review and comments under this subsection, the Commission shall
include:

(i) A determination of the location of the nearest collection line of a
community sewerage system;

(ii) The capacity, feasibility, cost, and engineering conditions or
requirements for an extension of this collection line; and

(iii) If available, an estimate of the time required for this extension.

(g)     (1) The issuing authority shall issue a permit to any applicant who meets the
requirements of this subtitle.

(2) If the Commission does not respond as required by subsection (f) of this
section, and if the permit otherwise complies with this section, the local health officer
may issue the permit.

(h) (1) The issuing authority shall include on each permit that the issuing
authority issues a requirement that the holder of a permit shall notify, in writing, any
buyer or lessee of the permitted property:

(i) That the permitted property is served by an individual septic
system;

(ii) Of the conditions, estimate of time, and other factors that concern
the subsequent extension of a community sewerage system to the permitted property; and

(iii) If applicable, that the Commission did not review and comment on
the application for a permit because the permitted property was in an area of the county
in which at the time of the application a community sewerage system was not planned
within 10 years under the county's comprehensive plan for sewerage systems.

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