# Environment (GEN)

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

### Subtitle 2. Regulation by State

#### Section 9-217

Notwithstanding any provision of this title or any regulation of the Department that prohibits the installation of a specific on-site sewage disposal system, at the request of a person who owns a lot that was legally established on November 17, 1985, the Department shall test and evaluate the lot for an on-site sewage disposal system as if the person had applied to the Department and the Department had acted on the application on November 17, 1985.

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