Section 27-108 – Other Public Utilities Construction
(a) A person may not erect a pole or other structure in the sanitary district for the purpose of carrying wires overhead without first obtaining a permit from the Commission. (b) The Commission may: (1) require that plans for the location or construction of the pole or structure be filed with the Commission; and (2) charge a reasonable fee […]
Section 28-101 – Exemption From Roadside Tree Planting or Care Fees
The Commission is exempt from the payment of any fee or charge under § 5–403(b) and (c) of the Natural Resources Article.
Section 28-201 – Commission Police Force
(a) There is a Commission police force. (b) (1) A Commission police officer may exercise the powers of a law enforcement officer in the State on property that is owned, leased, or operated by or under the control of the Commission. (2) A Commission police officer may not exercise law enforcement powers on any other property unless the officer […]
Section 28-301 – Drinking Water Testing
(a) The Commission shall conduct quarterly testing of drinking water in the Commission system for unregulated contaminants included in the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s latest cycle of unregulated contaminant monitoring regulations established in accordance with Title XIV, § 1445(a)(B)(i) of the federal Public Health Service Act. (b) Within 30 days after receiving the results of each […]
Section 29-101 – Commission Infractions — Generally
(a) In this section, “enforcement official” means an employee of the Commission authorized by the Commission to issue a citation for a Commission infraction under this section. (b) This section applies to the violations of the following: (1) regulations governing sewer cleaning adopted under § 24–201 of this article; (2) regulations governing plumbing adopted under § 17–403, Title 24, […]
Section 29-102 – Commission Infractions — Watershed Regulations
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates a watershed regulation adopted under § 17–403 of this article has committed a Commission infraction. (2) A Commission infraction does not include a violation of a watershed regulation declared by law to be a criminal offense. (3) The Commission may: (i) establish a schedule of […]
Section 29-103 – Violation of Commission Pretreatment Program
(a) In this section, “Commission Pretreatment Program” means any program adopted under the authority of § 9–332 of the Environment Article and § 17–403 of this article to: (1) meet national and local pretreatment requirements; and (2) eliminate the contribution of each pollutant discharged from an industrial user into a publicly owned treatment works that: (i) causes pass through […]
Section 29-104 – Penalties — Enforcement by Injunction
(a) On application of the Commission that is verified by oath of a member or employee of the Commission, the circuit court of a county, by injunction, may: (1) require the compliance with or restrain the violation of any order, notice, or regulation of the Commission under this division; (2) require compliance with or restrain the violation or […]
Section 29-105 – Unlawful Use of Commission Property
Except as provided in regulations adopted by the Commission, a person may not use, handle, tamper with, obstruct, interfere with, deface, or destroy any property owned or used by the Commission in the construction or operation of the Commission’s systems.
Section 29-106 – Leaving Dead Animals or Fecal Matter Unburied
(a) A person may not leave unburied for a period longer than 24 hours a dead animal or fecal matter in the sanitary district or on a watershed from which the Commission gets its water supply. (b) The Commission may bury a dead animal or fecal matter left unburied more than 24 hours and charge the cost […]