Md. Code, Environment § 9-947
This is the official text of Md. Code, Environment § 9-947, part of Maryland’s Code, Environment — governs environmental protection.
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§9–947.
Official statutory text
If the sewage or other waste that a manufacturing, commercial, or industrial plant or other building or premises discharges into a sewerage system is, because of its character, an unreasonable burden on the sewerage system, the authority that owns, operates, or maintains the sewerage system may:
(1) Impose an additional charge on the owner, tenant, or occupant of the plant, building, or premises; or
(2) Require the owner, tenant, or occupant of the plant, building, or premises, before it discharges its sewage or other waste, to treat the sewage or waste in a manner that the authority determines.
(1) Impose an additional charge on the owner, tenant, or occupant of the plant, building, or premises; or
(2) Require the owner, tenant, or occupant of the plant, building, or premises, before it discharges its sewage or other waste, to treat the sewage or waste in a manner that the authority determines.
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