# Environment (GEN)

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

### Subtitle 2. Regulation by State

#### Section 9-232

(a) An applicant for a sewage sludge utilization permit shall:

  (1) Submit an application to the Department on the form that the Department requires;

  (2) Certify by signature the truth and accuracy of the completed application;

  (3) Pay the application fee set by the Department to cover the cost of processing the application;

  (4) Obtain the written consent of the owner of the land where the sewage sludge will be applied, including an agreement that the owner will not violate the permit; and

  (5) Agree to permit or secure access to the sewage sludge utilization site for the purpose of any inspection permitted under Sec. 9-243 of this subtitle.

(b) Before a sewage sludge utilization permit is issued, the applicant for the permit shall:

  (1) File with the Department acceptable evidence of a bond or other security that the Department requires under Sec. 9-240 of this subtitle; and

  (2) Satisfy every other requirement of this Part III of this subtitle.

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