§ 8-726.1

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

  1. (a) This section does not:

    1. (1) Apply to the improvement of harbors; or
    2. (2) Affect any act of the General Assembly relating to the construction of a wharf or to the rights of a riparian owner.

  2. (b) Ballast, ashes, filth, earth, oysters, or oyster shells may not be deposited from a vessel to a site:

    1. (1) In the Chesapeake Bay above Sandy Point;
    2. (2) In Herring Bay; or
    3. (3) Below the high water mark in a river, creek, or harbor in the State.
  3. (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.
  4. (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.

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