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
(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)
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)
(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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