Md. Code Regs. 26.03.01.01

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 12, June 14, 2024

Section 26.03.01.01 - Definitions

A. "Approving authority" means one or more officials, agents, or agencies of local government designated by the local governing body or specified by other provisions of Environment Article, Title 9, Subtitle 5, to take certain actions as a part of implementing these regulations.

B. "Community sewerage system" means any system, whether publicly or privately owned, serving two or more individual lots, for the collection and disposal of sewerage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, including various devices for the treatment of the sewage and industrial wastes.

C. "Community water supply system" means a source of water and a distribution system, including treatment and storage facilities, whether publicly or privately owned, serving two or more individual lots.

D. "County plan" means a comprehensive plan for the provision of adequate water supply systems and sewerage systems, whether publicly or privately owned, throughout the county and all amendments and revisions to it.

E. "Department" means the Department of the Environment.

F. "Existing service area" means that area that is currently served.

G. "Final planning stages" means a work or works of community water supply and community sewerage system for which contract plans and specifications have been completed.

H. "Financial management plan" means, for:

(1) Publicly-owned community sewerage systems, a portion of the county water and sewerage plan, as described in Regulation .08B, of this chapter, which demonstrates to the Department's satisfaction that adequate fiscal resources will be available to support the satisfactory operation and maintenance of each system in the county to meet existing and future needs;

(2) Other sewerage systems or extensions, a package of information for each system, as specified in COMAR 26.03.02.02J, which demonstrates to the Department's satisfaction that adequate fiscal resources will be available to support the satisfactory operation and maintenance of the system to meet existing and future needs.

I. "Five- or six-year period" means that period, depending upon the county's capital improvement program, 5 or 6 years following the date of adoption of the plan, its amendment, or revision by the county.

J. "Immediate priority" means a work or works of community water supply and community sewerage system for which the beginning of construction is scheduled to start within 2 years following the date of adoption of the plan, its amendments, and its revision.

K. "Individual sewerage system" means a single system of sewers and piping, treatment tanks or other facilities serving only a single lot and disposing of sewage or individual wastes of a liquid nature, in whole or in part, on or in the soil of the property, into any waters of this State or by other methods.

L. "Individual water supply system" means a single system of piping, pumps, tanks, or other facilities utilizing a source of ground or surface water to supply only a single lot.

M. "Maintenance expense" means those expenses for labor, materials, utilities, and other items necessary to preserve the facility for its designed service life. Equipment or tools under $200 should be included in this amount.

N. "Marina" means a dock, wharf, or basin providing mooring for boats which contain on-board toilet facilities, operated under public or private ownership, either free or on a fee basis, for the convenience of the public or club membership.

O. "Multi-used sewerage system" means a single system serving a single lot, whether owned or operated by an individual or group of individuals under private or collective ownership and serving a group of individuals for the collection and disposal of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, including various devices for the treatment of sewage and industrial wastes having a treatment capacity in excess of 5,000 GPD.

P. "Multi-use water supply system" means a single system of piping, pumps, tanks, or other facilities utilizing a source of ground or surface water to supply a group of individuals on a single lot and having a capacity in excess of 1,500 GPD.

Q. "Non-point source" means pollution originating from land run-off where no specific outfall can be identified.

R. "Operation expense" means those expenses such as labor, utilities, supplies, contractual services, training, and insurance, necessary to operate the treatment plant during its designed service life so as to achieve the capacity and performance standards for which it was designed, constructed, and permitted.

S. "Sewerage service area" is that area served, or potentially served, by a system of sanitary sewers connected to a treatment plant, or in a very large system, sub-areas as delineated by the county.

T. "Ten-year period" means that period of the 6 or 7 through 10 years following the date of adoption of the plan, its amendment, or its revision by the county.

U. "Under construction" means a work or works of community water supply and community sewerage systems where actual work is progressing or where a notice to proceed with a contract for this work has been let as of the adoption date of the plan, its amendment or revision.

V. "Water service area" means that area served, or potentially served, by a single distribution system under control of a single utility, or, in a very large system, sub-areas as delineated by the county.

Md. Code Regs. 26.03.01.01

Regulation .01 amended effective July 25, 1988 (15:15 Md. R. 1813)