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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-505" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="County Water and Sewerage Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to the other requirements of this subtitle, each county plan shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provide for the orderly expansion and extension of the following systems in a manner consistent with all county and local comprehensive plans prepared under Title 1, Subtitle 4, Title 3, or Title 21 of the Land Use Article and § 10–324 of the Local Government Article:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Community water supply systems and multiuse water supply systems;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Community sewerage systems and multiuse sewerage systems; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Solid waste disposal systems and solid waste acceptance facilities;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide for the sizing and staging of facilities construction that is consistent with the county plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Show compliance with items (1) and (2) of this subsection by using graphic and tabular information;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Provide:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For sewage treatment facilities that are adequate to prevent the discharge of any inadequately treated sewage or other liquid waste into any waters; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Otherwise for safe and sanitary treatment of sewage and other liquid waste;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Provide for facilities that are adequate to treat, recover, or dispose of solid waste in a manner that is consistent with the laws of this State that relate to air pollution, water pollution, and land use;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Contain adequate information about:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The existing sewage treatment capacity in each drainage basin or sewage treatment plant service area in the county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The present level of use of sewage treatment plants in each drainage basin; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Projections for use of sewage treatment plant capacity based on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Outstanding building permits and subdivision plats if the county has subdivision authority; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Zoning commitments if the county does not have subdivision authority;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Taking into account all relevant planning, zoning, population, engineering, and economic information and all State, regional, municipal, and local plans, describe, with all practical precision, those parts of the county that reasonably may be expected to be served in the next 10 years by any:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Community water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Multiuse water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Community sewerage system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Multiuse sewerage system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Solid waste disposal system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Solid waste acceptance facility;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Set procedures for identifying and acquiring, on a time schedule that conforms to the time requirement in item (7) of this subsection, any rights–of–way or easements that are necessary for any:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Community water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Multiuse water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Community sewerage system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Solid waste disposal system; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Solid waste acceptance facility;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Taking into account all relevant planning, zoning, population, engineering, and economic information and all State, regional, municipal, and local plans, describe, with all practical precision, any parts of the county in which it is not reasonably foreseeable to have service in the next 10 years by any:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Community water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Multiuse water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Community sewerage system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Multiuse sewerage system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Solid waste disposal system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Solid waste acceptance facility;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Set a time schedule and a proposed method for financing the construction and operation of each planned:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Community water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Multiuse water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Community sewerage system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Solid waste disposal system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Solid waste acceptance facility;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Set forth the estimated cost of constructing and operating each planned:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Community water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Multiuse water supply system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Community sewerage system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Solid waste disposal system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Solid waste acceptance facility;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Indicate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any source of supply from the waters of this State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The approximate amount of water to be withdrawn from the waters of this State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The quantity and quality of waste to be discharged into the waters of this State;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Describe, in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle, each area in the county where:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A community water supply system must be provided;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A multiuse water supply system may be installed and used;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>An individual water supply system may be installed and used for an interim period until a planned community water supply system is available;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>An individual water supply system may be installed and used indefinitely;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A community sewerage system must be provided;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A multiuse sewerage system may be installed and used;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Except as provided in § 9–517 of this subtitle, an individual sewerage system may be installed and used for an interim period until a planned community sewerage system is available;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>An individual sewerage system may be installed and used indefinitely;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>A community solid waste disposal system must be provided; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>A community solid waste acceptance facility must be provided for use by residents of the described area during an interim period until a planned community solid waste disposal system is available;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>Except as provided in § 9–515 of this subtitle, provide for amendment or revision of the county plan at least once every 2 years in accordance with a schedule adopted by the Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>Designate an appropriate agency of the county to be responsible for creating a workable plan:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To keep the environment of the county free of solid waste, including litter; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To prevent scenic pollution of both public and private property in the county;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>By July 1, 1987, treat each publicly owned community sewerage system as a separate entity for fiscal purposes within the local operating agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>Document compliance with and report on actions taken and plans to enforce §§ 12–605 and 12–606 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="18">
      <text>For a county with a population greater than 150,000 according to the latest Department of Planning projections, include a recycling plan by July 1, 2014 that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Provides for a reduction through recycling of at least 35% of the county’s solid waste stream by weight or submits adequate justification, including economic and other specific factors, as to why the 35% reduction cannot be met;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provides for recycling of the solid waste stream to the extent practical and economically feasible, but in no event may less than a 15% reduction be submitted; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Requires full implementation of the recycling plan by December 31, 2015; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="19">
      <text>For a county with a population less than 150,000 according to the latest Department of Planning projections, include a recycling plan by July 1, 2014 that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Provides for a reduction through recycling of at least 20% of the county’s solid waste stream or submits adequate justification, including economic and other specific factors, as to why the 20% reduction cannot be met;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provides for recycling of the solid waste stream to the extent practical and economically feasible, but in no event may less than a 10% reduction be submitted; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Requires full implementation of the recycling plan by December 31, 2015.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A plan created under subsection (a)(15) of this section may include the use of prisoners from the State correctional system or from county jails or detention centers.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The recycling reductions of 35% and 20% provided in subsection (a)(18) and (19) of this section are not intended to be the maximum percentage that a county can achieve. A county that can practically and economically achieve a higher rate of recycling is encouraged to submit a recycling plan for a higher percentage.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a county with a population less than 150,000 increases to a population of above 150,000, the county shall have 2 years to revise the recycling plan to be consistent with the recycling goals under subsection (a)(18) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing bodies of 2 or more counties may adopt a regional recycling plan to comply with subsection (a)(18) or (19) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A regional recycling plan which otherwise satisfies the requirements of this subtitle for each of the participating counties shall constitute the county recycling plan for each county which participates in the plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
