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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 537
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(D) "NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM" HAS THE
MEANING STATED IN § 9-101 OF THIS ARTICLE AND IS A POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
SYSTEM LOCATED IN THE STATE.
(C) " EXPANDED WATER APPROPRIATION PERMIT" MEANS A REVISED PERMIT
GRANTING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE WITHDRAWAL OF WATER AUTHORIZED
UNDER THE EXISTING WATER APPROPRIATION PERMIT.
(E) (D) "WATER CONSERVATION" MEANS THE USE OF PRACTICES,
TECHNIQUES, AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT:
(1) REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION, LOSS, OR WASTE OF WATER;
(2) IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN THE USE OF WATER, OR
(3) MAKE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF WATER OR WASTEWATER
TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
5-5B-02.
THIS SUBTITLE APPLIES TO PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS SERVING AT LEAST 10,000
INDIVIDUALS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS DISCHARGING AT LEAST 1,000,000
GALLONS PER DAY THAT:
(1) APPLY FOR A NEW, RENEWED, OR AMENDED OR EXPANDED WATER
APPROPRIATION PERMIT;
(2) DO NOT HAVE AN APPROPRIATION PERMIT;
(3) APPLY FOR A NEW OR AMENDED NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT; OR
(4) (2) APPLY FOR STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING THE
MARYLAND WATER QUALITY REVOLVING LOAN FUND AS PROVIDED IN § 9-1605 OF
THIS ARTICLE AND ANY OTHER STATE FUNDING SOURCE.
5-5B-03.
IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND TO:
(1) ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN COST-EFFECTIVE MEASURES THAT
IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH WATER AND WASTEWATER ARE IS USED,
TREATED, STORED, AND TRANSMITTED IN THE STATE;
(2) REDUCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TREATING, STORING, AND
TRANSMITTING WATER AND WASTEWATER; AND
(3) PROTECT THE STATE'S NATURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE FISH
AND WILDLIFE OF THE POTOMAC RIVER, THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, AND ALL OTHER
WATERS AND WATERWAYS OF THE STATE.
5-5B-04.
(A) WHEN APPLYING FOR A NEW OR EXPANDED WATER APPROPRIATION OR
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT; OR STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC
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