Md. Code Ann., Nat. Res. § 8-726.1
Disposal of ballast, ashes, filth, earth, oysters, or oyster shells from vessels
Effective Oct 1, 2019Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 599, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 600, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.State of Maryland
(a) This section does not:
- (1) Apply to the improvement of harbors; or
- (2) Affect any act of the General Assembly relating to the construction of a wharf or to the rights of a riparian owner.
(b) Ballast, ashes, filth, earth, oysters, or oyster shells may not be deposited from a vessel to a site:
- (1) In the Chesapeake Bay above Sandy Point;
- (2) In Herring Bay; or
- (3) Below the high water mark in a river, creek, or harbor in the State.
- (c) A person in command or having charge of a vessel that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $20 and not exceeding $150.
- (d) The Natural Resources Police Force shall enforce this section.
Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 599, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 600, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
Formerly Art. 27, §§ 482, 483.