MDE intends to petition the Administrative​, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) Committee of the Maryland General Assembly requesting emergency status for the regulation(s) listed below.

If the Committee grants its approval, the emergency measure may go into effect immediately. The Committee imposes a time limitation on the duration of the emergency regulation. To become a permanent regulation, the regulation must be promulgated following the State required administrative procedures, which includes a 30-day public comment period.

Emergency Regulation - Onsite Wastewater Inspectors

MDE is proposing to adopt an emergency regulation that will become effective June 30, 2025 and expire December 31, 2025. This action is necessary because the statute to license inspectors of onsite sewage disposal systems (septic systems), Env Art 9-217.2, sunsets on 6/30/25. That statue gave MDE the authority for COMAR 26.04.12.01-.07, which will ​sunset with the statute. This emergency action seeks to continue the inspector training and licensing under a new regulation, COMAR 26.31.01.01-.07, while the newly established State Board of On–Site Wastewater Professionals (Board), authorized by Env Art 9-11A-01 through 9-11A-23, develops regulations under a regular process for this professional function and for additional >professional service categories.

The full text of this emergency regulation is available HERE​.​​

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Update as of 6/11/25​