Terms Used In Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 9-1109

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this section, “individual sewerage system” means a privately owned system of sewers, piping and treatment tanks or other facilities that:

(1) Serves only a single lot for the disposal of sewage; and

(2) Discharges to the surface waters of the State.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person may not install an individual sewerage system in the State.

(c) Subject to the Department’s approval, a person may install an individual sewerage system in the State for residential use if an existing on-site sewage disposal system fails and cannot be repaired or replaced by any means.