# Environment (GEN)

## Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

### Subtitle 11. Miscellaneous Sanitary Provisions

#### Section 9-1108.2

(a) In this section, "watershed implementation plan" has the meaning stated in Sec. 8-2A-01 of the Natural Resources Article.

(b) The following may count toward a nitrogen load reduction identified in the State's or a local jurisdiction's watershed implementation plan:

  (1) A reduction in nitrogen from upgrading an on-site sewage disposal system to the best available technology for the removal of nitrogen if the operation and maintenance for the on-site sewage disposal system is current; and

  (2) A reduction in nitrogen from pumping out an on-site sewage disposal system that is subject to a local jurisdiction's septic stewardship plan if the local jurisdiction's septic stewardship plan meets the requirements under Sec. 9-1605.2(h)(8)(iii)2 of this title.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)