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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 178
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requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; requiring the
Department of the Environment to conduct certain inflow and infiltration
studies on wastewater treatment systems over a certain period; requiring the
Department to finance a utility rate study for each locality with a wastewater
treatment system in Maryland over a certain period; providing for the
termination of certain provisions of this Act; providing for the effective date of
this Act; and generally relating to wastewater infrastructure improvement.
BY adding to
Article—Environment
Section 9-352
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, The costs of upgrading sewerage lines and wastewater treatment
facilities to meet today's environmental standards and to accommodate growth
typically far exceeds the financial resources of most smaller communities in
Maryland; and
WHEREAS, The availability of an adequate wastewater infrastructure is a vital
component of economic and community development strategies of the counties and
municipal corporations in the State; and
WHEREAS, The lack of an adequate wastewater infrastructure in many smaller
communities poses a serious challenge to the quality of life in these communities and
undermines the State's Smart Growth objectives that seek to channel future growth
and development into existing populated areas where infrastructure is already in
place to accommodate this development; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article—Environment
9-352.
(A) THERE IS A WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT FUND.
(B) THE GOVERNOR SHALL PROVIDE IN THE STATE BUDGET AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO 10% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS IN THE MARYLAND WATER QUALITY
REVOLVING LOAN FUND TO BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO THE WASTEWATER
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT FUND.
(C) THE DEPARTMENT MAY DISTRIBUTE MONEY IN THE WASTEWATER
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT FUND TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE
THROUGH GRANTS FOR IMPROVING WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACCORDING
TO THIS SECTION.
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