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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 26.03.03.03" title_num="26" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="03" heading="Plan Content.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The introduction shall contain:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A statement certifying that the plan has been prepared in accordance with these regulations and that it has been officially adopted by the governing body of the county; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The letter of approval from the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Chapter One shall contain a:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Statement of the county's goals regarding solid waste management, the objectives and policies necessary to achieve these goals, and a discussion of the conformance of these objectives and policies with those of State, regional, and local comprehensive land use plans and programs;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Brief discussion, with charts, of the structure of the county government as it relates to solid waste management; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Brief discussion of State, federal and local agencies, laws, and regulations which affect the planning, establishment, and operation by the county of solid waste disposal systems.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Chapter Two shall contain a:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Table which shows the county's present and projected population (if more than one set of projections is shown, the set upon which the plan is based shall be noted);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Map which shows the location of municipalities and federal facilities within the county;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Discussion of current county zoning requirements as they relate to solid waste management activities; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Discussion of the current status of the county comprehensive land-use plan, including the date that the plan was adopted and last updated.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Chapter Three shall contain:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A table that shows the existing and projected, for at least the succeeding 10-year period, annual generation (in tons, cubic yards, or gallons, as appropriate) of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Residential (household, domestic) wastes;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Commercial wastes;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Industrial (nonhazardous) solids, liquids, and sludges;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Institutional (schools, hospitals, government buildings) waste;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Land clearing and demolition debris (rubble);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Controlled hazardous substances (CHS);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Dead animals;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Bulky or special wastes (automobiles, large appliances, etc.);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Vehicle tires;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Wastewater treatment plant sludges;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Septage; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Other wastes (water treatment plant sludges, residues collected by a pollution control device, agricultural wastes, mining wastes, litter, street sweepings, recreational wastes, etc.) unless they are generated in insignificant quantities. However, the Department may require the county to substantiate any omission.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A discussion of the bases for the data presented in the table required by §D(1) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A discussion of the types and quantities of solid waste, if significant, which are entering or leaving the county for processing, recovery, or disposal.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A description of existing solid waste collection systems, including service areas.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Information concerning each existing public or private solid waste acceptance facility (incinerators, transfer stations, major composting sites, sanitary and rubble landfills, dumps, major resource recovery facilities, CHS facilities, injection wells, and industrial waste liquid holding impoundments) including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Its location on a map;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Its Maryland grid coordinates;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Its size in acres;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The types and quantities of solid wastes accepted;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Ownership;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Permit status; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Anticipated years of service life remaining.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Chapter Four.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Chapter four shall contain an assessment (using a narrative description, maps, charts, and graphs as appropriate) of the county's needs to alter, extend, modify, or add to existing solid waste disposal systems during the next 10 years.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The assessment above shall use, when appropriate, the background information contained in chapters one, two, and three.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The assessment shall consider the constraints imposed upon the establishment of solid waste acceptance facilities by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Topography;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Soil types and their characteristics;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Geologic conditions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Location;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Use and depth of aquifers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Location of wetlands;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Location of surface water sources and their flood plains and watersheds;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Existing water quality conditions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Incompatible land use;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Planned long-term growth patterns;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Federal, State and local laws and areas of critical State concern (as designated by the Department of State Planning).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The assessment shall evaluate:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The use of source separation and source reduction programs to reduce the quantities of solid wastes which shall be collected for disposal;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Resource recovery options to reduce land disposal capacity needs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Consumer education programs, and cooperation with appropriate suppliers for the purchase of recycled products to encourage, and help create a market for, resource recovery and source separation programs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The need for disposal capacity for asbestos;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Programs and procedures needed to respond to the unplanned (emergency) spillage or leaking of hazardous wastes within the county; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Whether existing local master plans and zoning regulations provide for the appropriate siting, operation, or both, of solid waste management systems or facilities.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Chapter Five.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Chapter five shall contain the county's plan of action with respect to all types of solid waste and all phases of solid waste management.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The plan of action in §F(1), of this regulation, shall cover at least the succeeding 10-year period and, at a minimum, shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Discuss the solid waste disposal systems and solid waste acceptance facilities, both public and private, which will be in use during the planning period, including proposed systems and facilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Provide a mechanism for managing each of the waste streams identified in §D(1) of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Demonstrate, through tables, charts and graphs, that the sizing, staging, and capacity of all systems and facilities in §F(2)(a) and (b), of this regulation, will be adequate for the county's needs during the planning period;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Establish schedules for placing new public or private solid waste disposal systems or solid waste acceptance facilities into operation, including a description of necessary actions and their timing, to bring the county's solid waste disposal systems into compliance with the mandates of pertinent federal and State laws, and any permits or orders issued under these laws;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Describe provisions and methods for financing existing and proposed solid waste disposal systems, including planning and implementation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Include a projected closure date for each public solid waste acceptance facility which is scheduled to cease operations during the planning period, the projected use of each closed site, and the relationship of that use to the county's comprehensive land use plan; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Discuss changes in programs, plans, regulations, and procedures as a result of the assessment conducted under §E, of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>