Discharge from sedimentation ponds, permanent and temporary impoundments, coal processing waste dams and embankments, and diversions shall be controlled, by energy dissipators, riprap channels, and other devices, where necessary, to reduce erosion, to prevent deepening or enlargement of stream channels, and to minimize disturbance of the hydrologic balance. Discharge structures shall be designed according to standard engineering-design procedures.

Authority: Environment Article, §15-503, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.09 were previously codified as COMAR 08.13.09.24A—I, respectively. Recodification occurred in April, 1993. For a history of these regulations before April, 1993, see "Administrative History of COMAR 08.13.09 before April, 1993" which follows COMAR 26.20.01.

Regulation .02 amended effective October 11, 1993 (20:20 Md. R. 1569)

Chapter revised effective October 23, 1995 (22:21 Md. R. 1614)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 08.20.21 to COMAR 26.20.21, June 1996

Regulation .01-1 adopted effective March 14, 2005 (32:5 Md. R. 582)

Regulation .08 amended effective March 14, 2005 (32:5 Md. R. 582)

Regulation .09D amended effective March 14, 2005 (32:5 Md. R. 582)