CHAPTER 52: SEWAGE REGULATIONS
Section
General Provisions
   52.01   Title
   52.02   Applicability and purpose
   52.03   Amendments
   52.04   Definitions
Administration and Permit Procedure
   52.15   Permit required; exemptions
   52.16   Application for permit
   52.17   Required information and samples
   52.18   Review of application
   52.19   Hearing on application
   52.20   Action on application
   52.21   Amendment to permit
   52.22   Application fees
   52.23   Advisory committee
Performance Security
   52.40   Applicability; exemptions
   52.41   Purpose and amount
   52.42   Form of security
   52.43   Procedure for deposit
   52.44   Partial release
   52.45   Release upon completion
   52.46   Forfeiture
Enforcement and Appeals
   52.60   Inspections and orders
 
   52.99   Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 52.01 TITLE.
   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Garrett County Sewage Sludge Regulation.”
(1986 Code, § 253-1) (Ord. —, passed 3-29-1983; Am. Ord. —, passed 11-16-1993)
§ 52.02 APPLICABILITY AND PURPOSE.
   (A)   The provisions of this regulation apply in addition to all laws and regulations enacted or promulgated by the state.
   (B)   This regulation shall apply to Garrett County in its entirety, including the territory within each municipality.
   (C)   The purpose of this regulation shall be to protect the health, safety and general welfare of persons within Garrett County and to provide a basis for exercising the county’s approval authority pursuant to Md. Code, Environment Article, Title 9, part III.
(1986 Code, § 253-2) (Ord. —, passed 3-29-1983; Am. Ord. —, passed 11-16-1993)
§ 52.03 AMENDMENTS.
   The Board may from time to time amend, supplement, modify, change or repeal this regulation. When doing so, the Board shall comply with the public notice and hearing requirements of Md. Code, Art. 25, § 3(r). All public hearings shall be conducted during evening hours.
(1986 Code, § 253-4) (Ord. —, passed 3-29-1983; Am. Ord. —, passed 11-16-1993)
§ 52.04 DEFINITIONS.
   (A)   Unless the context clearly indicates a contrary meaning, the following rules of construction shall apply in interpreting this regulation:
      (1)   Words used in the present tense include the future;
      (2)   The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular;
      (3)   The word “shall” is always mandatory; the word “may” is permissive;
      (4)   The word “used” or “occupied,” as applied to any land or building, includes the words “arranged or designed or intended to be used or occupied.”
   (B)   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      ACCREDITED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. Any savings institution, state bank or trust company or savings and loan association and any federal national bank, federal savings and loan institution or other financial institution authorized to engage in the banking business in the state.
      DEPARTMENT. The Garrett County Health Department, by action of the County Health Officer or his or her or her designated appointee.
      DISPOSE (or DISPOSAL). The collection, handling, storage, stockpiling, transporting, spreading, burying or other disposition of sewage sludge.
      DISTURBED AREA. With respect to sewage sludge disposal activities, all land upon which actual disposal is to occur, including land used for stockpiling of sludge, sediment control structures and all land used by the permittee for such things as access or haul roads, equipment maintenance areas, storage areas, processing areas and areas in which any structures, facilities, equipment, machinery or tools used in the disposal operation are located.
      HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. Any substance defined and regulated pursuant to Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances (Md. Code, Environment Article, Title 7).
      HEAVY METAL. Any 1 or more of the following elements: arsenic, boron, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, vanadium, zinc and aluminum.
      LANDFILL. Use of a property for burying sewage sludge in 1 or more layers.
      PERSON. Any natural individual or receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator or representative of any kind; or any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation or other legal entity; or any unit of a state or of any of its political subdivisions.
      SEWAGE SLUDGE. The accumulated material consisting of a semi-liquid suspension of settled solids deposited in tanks or basins as the result of treatment of sewage, industrial or other liquid waste in a wastewater treatment plant, including material in liquid, dried, dehydrated, composted or other form.
(1986 Code, § 253-6) (Ord. —, passed 3-29-1983; Am. Ord. —, passed 11-16-1993)
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