# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 03 — Water Supply, Sewerage, Solid Waste, and Pollution Control Planning and Funding

### Chapter 05 — Innovative and Alternative On-Site Sewage Disposal System Grant Program

#### Regulation .05 Applicant Eligibility.

*COMAR 26.03.05.05*

A. To be eligible for State funds from a political subdivision under the program an applicant shall:

  (1) Own property in this State that is included in the county master water and sewer plan as an area where individual on-site water and sewer systems may be used that:

    (a) Has an existing failed septic system, or

    (b) Is unimproved, was platted before 1972, and has failed percolation testing requirements;

  (2) Have made a good faith effort to obtain approval of, or to use a conventional septic system;

  (3) Agree to conditions of the experiment as outlined in Regulation .07 of this chapter; and

  (4) Be limited to one grant to serve one homesite to:

    (a) Upgrade an existing system;

    (b) Abate an existing pollution or public health problem related to sewage disposal; or

    (c) Improve one unimproved site with a new home and innovative and alternative on-site sewage disposal system.

B. Priority for program participation shall be given to applicants who have:

  (1) An existing failed on-site sewage disposal system which cannot be repaired using conventional methods;

  (2) An existing pollution or public health problem related to sewage disposal; and

  (3) Property which offers a significant opportunity for providing useful data to the experimental effort.