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<chapter num="03" heading="Engineering Information" title_num="20" subtitle_num="73">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="General.">
    <text>Each application for authority to construct a system shall be accompanied by the information required by this chapter.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Development Plans.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The applicant shall submit a statement of its plan for developing the service area, which shall include the number of customers expected to be connected to the water system or sewage disposal system, or both, each year until the service area is completely developed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>If the service area is to be developed by definite stages then the area to be covered by each stage shall be shown with the plans.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Plans, Specifications, and Permits.">
    <text>The applicant shall file:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A set of complete plans and specifications as approved by the local public works or sanitary authority and the Department of the Environment for the proposed water system, sewage disposal system, or both;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A copy of the State construction permit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>A copy of the discharge permit, if applicable;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>A copy of the water appropriation permit if applicable; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Copies of any other necessary and appropriate federal, State, or local permits.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="System Design Data.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>If not included in the information submitted in accordance with Regulation .02 of this chapter, the applicant shall submit the information required by §§B and C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>For water systems, the applicant shall submit the following information:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The demand used in designing the system, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Number and type of service,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Estimated average daily demand,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Estimated peak daily demand,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Required fire flow; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The source or sources of supply for the system, including data on the chemical, mineral, and bacteriological characteristics of the source.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>For sewage disposal systems, the applicant shall submit the following information:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The plant loading, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Average daily flow (gallons per day);</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Peak daily flow (gallons per day);</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Pounds of biochemical oxygen demand per day; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Effluent limitations if not shown on the State of Maryland discharge permit.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Construction Information.">
    <text>The applicant shall submit a brief description and estimated cost of the proposed construction under each three-digit code classification of Utility Plant Accounts as set forth in the most recent publication of “Uniform System of Accounts for Class Water/Sewer Utilities” by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Washington, D. C.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Public Utilities Article, §§2-121 and 5-204, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: October 11, 1982 (9:20 Md. R. 1982)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A amended effective May 14, 2001 (28:9 Md. R. 890)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>