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Subtitle 1 - Sediment Control
Section 4-101 - Legislative Findings; Criteria and Procedures to Implement and Enforce Control Programs - The General Assembly determines and finds that lands and waters...
Section 4-101.1 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 4-102 - Exemptions From Subtitle - The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to agricultural...
Section 4-103 - General Consideration - (a) (1) A county or municipality may issue grading and...
Section 4-104 - Training of Responsible Personnel - (a) In this section, “responsible personnel” means any foreman, superintendent,...
Section 4-105 - Construction -- in General - (a) (1) (i) In this section, “construction” means land clearing,...
Section 4-106 - Construction -- Approval by Department or Designee When Undertaken by State or Federal Unit - If a State or federal unit undertakes any construction as...
Section 4-107 - Department to Assist Soil Conservation Districts - The Department of the Environment shall assist soil conservation districts...
Section 4-108 - Municipalities Not Within Soil Conservation District - For the purposes of this subtitle, the bureau of public...
Section 4-109 - Complaints; Orders; Notices - (a) The Department may issue a written complaint if the...
Section 4-110 - Stop Work Orders - (a) If the Department finds that earth moving activity requiring...
Section 4-111 - Service of Complaints, Orders, Notices, Etc - (a) Any complaint, order, notice, or other instrument issued by...
Section 4-112 - Hearings - (a) The Department shall give notice and hold any hearing...
Section 4-113 - Final Corrective Orders - (a) (1) Unless the person served with an order under...
Section 4-114 - Prerequisites to Department's Exercise of Authority - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 4-115 - Judicial Review - (a) Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the...
Section 4-116 - Violations and Penalties; Injunctive Relief; Civil Liability; Enforcement - (a) (1) Any person who violates any provision of this...
Subtitle 2 - Stormwater Management
Section 4-201 - Legislative Findings; Intent of Subtitle - The General Assembly finds that the management of stormwater runoff...
Section 4-201.1 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 4-202 - Implementation of Management Program - By July 1, 1984, each county and municipality shall adopt...
Section 4-202.1 - Watershed Protection and Restoration Programs - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)...
Section 4-203 - Duties of Department - (a) The Department of the Environment shall implement the provisions...
Section 4-204 - Submission of Management Plan Prior to Development of Land - (a) After July 1, 1984, unless exempted, a person may...
Section 4-205 - Construction Activities of State or Federal Agencies - (a) The provisions of § 4–204 of this subtitle do...
Section 4-206 - Inspection and Review of Management Program - (a) After July 1, 1984, the Department shall periodically, but...
Section 4-207 - Jurisdiction of Department of Natural Resources Not Enlarged - The provisions of this subtitle do not add to the...
Section 4-208 - Complaints - The Department shall issue a written complaint if the Department...
Section 4-209 - Issuance of Notice or Order - (a) After or concurrently with service of a complaint under...
Section 4-210 - Service - (a) Any complaint, order, notice, or other instrument issued by...
Section 4-211 - Hearings - (a) The Department shall give notice and hold any hearing...
Section 4-212 - Final Corrective Orders - (a) (1) Unless the person served with an order under...
Section 4-213 - Notice to County or Municipality; Joint Inspections - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 4-214 - Judicial Review - (a) Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the...
Section 4-215 - Penalties; Failure of County or Municipality to Enforce Subtitle - (a) (1) Any person who violates any provision of this...
Subtitle 3 - Watershed Sediment and Waste Control
Section 4-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 4-302 - Legislative Declaration - The General Assembly declares that the Patuxent River and the...
Section 4-302.1 - Patuxent River Watershed - (a) On or before January 1, 2012, unless a more...
Section 4-303 - Standards for Sewage Treatment Plants - Every person who disposes of or treats sewage in the...
Section 4-304 - Sewage Disposal Plan - (a) Any owner or operator of a sewage disposal plant...
Section 4-305 - Liability of Plant Owners and Operators for Funds Expended by County or Governmental Unit; Lien - The sewage disposal plant owner or operator shall be liable...
Section 4-306 - Analysis of Stream Samples by County Health Department - The county health department in each county, on at least...
Section 4-307 - Discharge of Sewage or Waste Into River - A person may not discharge raw sewage or any other...
Section 4-308 - Approval and Certification Prerequisite to Issuance of Grading and Building Permit Within Severn River Watershed; Approval of Plans for Construction of Public Roads and Buildings - (a) Anne Arundel County or the City of Annapolis may...
Section 4-309 - Restriction Upon Issuance of Grading and Building Permits in Severn River Watershed - Notwithstanding present planning, zoning, or subdivision controls, a permit may...
Section 4-310 - Procedure for Erosion and Sedimentation Control for Severn River Watershed - When any stripping, grading, excavating, or filling is done, the...
Section 4-311 - Riparian Right to Use Water for Agriculture Not Lost When Land Taken by Condemnation in Severn River Watershed - Any person who has the riparian right to use water...
Section 4-312 - Notice of Lien Created Under Subtitle in Favor of County or Governmental Unit - (a) Any lien created in favor of a county or...
Section 4-313 - Injunctive Relief - Any unit whose approval is required under this subtitle or...
Section 4-313.1 - Penalties for Violations of 4-302.1(b)(1), (C) or (D) - (a) (1) The Department shall impose an administrative civil penalty...
Section 4-314 - Violations and Penalties - Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle is...
Subtitle 4 - Water Pollution Control and Abatement
Section 4-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 4-402 - Declaration of Public Policy - Because the quality of the waters of this State is...
Section 4-403 - Construction and Purpose of Subtitle; Remedies Additional and Cumulative - This subtitle may not be construed as repealing any State...
Section 4-405 - Powers and Duties of Department Generally - (a) For the purposes of this subtitle, the Department of...
Section 4-406 - Development of Program to Respond to Emergency Oil Spillage - The Department is responsible for developing a program, including training,...
Section 4-407 - Bond of Vessels on Waters of State to Discharge or Receive Oil Cargo - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section...
Section 4-408 - Compensatory Fee for Oil Spillage - The Department of the Environment shall charge and collect a...
Section 4-409 - Liability for Damages Caused by Oil Spillage; Underground Tanks - (a) The person responsible for the oil spillage shall be...
Section 4-410 - Discharge of Oil Generally - (a) Except in case of emergency imperiling life or property,...
Section 4-411 - Oil Discharge Containment, Control and Clean-Up - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 4-411.1 - Underground Oil Storage Facilities - (a) On or before July 1, 1990, the owner, operator,...
Section 4-411.2 - Groundwater Contamination - (a) Within 14 days of the finding, the Department shall...
Section 4-412 - Procedure Upon Violations of Subtitle - (a) (1) Whenever the Department believes a violation of any...
Section 4-413 - Adding, Introducing, etc., Soil or Sediment Into Waters of the State - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 4-414 - Evaluating and Monitoring Dumping of Dredged Spoils - The Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with other appropriate...
Section 4-415 - Orders to Correct Violations - If a violation of any provision of this subtitle has...
Section 4-415.1 - Entry and Access to Property - (a) At any reasonable time, to carry out duties under...
Section 4-416 - Injunctive Relief - (a) The Attorney General, on the request of the Department,...
Section 4-417 - Penalties - (a) Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle,...
Section 4-418 - Violations of 4-410; Enforcement and Disposition of Penalties and Compensatory Fees - (a) Any person responsible for a discharge of oil in...
Section 4-419 - Liability of Persons Assisting in Controlling Discharge - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is...
Section 4-420 - Abandonment of Use of Heating Oil as Fuel - (a) This section applies to the removal of heating oil...
Subtitle 5 - Penalty and Fines; Prosecution
Section 4-501 - Penalties and Fines - (a) Any person who violates any provision of this title...
Section 4-502 - Attorney General Responsible for Cases Arising Under Provisions of Title - The Attorney General shall take charge of, prosecute, and defend...
Subtitle 6 - Underground Storage Tank Upgrade and Replacement Fund
Section 4-601 - Creation and Uses of Fund; Applicability of Subtitle - (a) There is an Underground Storage Tank Upgrade and Replacement...
Section 4-602 - Underground Storage Tank Fee - (a) On or before September 1, 1991 and until July...
Section 4-603 - Loans for Certain Costs - The Board of Public Works, upon the recommendation of the...
Section 4-604 - Application Procedures and Criteria - (a) The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the...
Section 4-605 - Conditions of Loan - (a) (1) A loan agreement under this subtitle shall contain...
Section 4-606 - Loan Eligibility - (a) To be eligible for a loan under this subtitle,...
Section 4-607 - Termination of Program - (a) No fee may be imposed after June 30, 1996...
Subtitle 7 - Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund
Section 4-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 4-702 - Legislative Findings; Intent - (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The...
Section 4-703 - Construction of Subtitle - (a) This subtitle may not be construed as altering the...
Section 4-704 - Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund; Exemptions From Subtitle - (a) There is an Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund....
Section 4-705 - Reimbursement From Fund - (a) The owner or operator of an underground oil storage...
Section 4-706 - Reimbursement for Department - (a) If the Department has assumed control of an oil...
Section 4-707 - Limitations on Reimbursement - (a) A payment may not be made from the Fund...
Section 4-708 - Regulations; Annual Report - (a) The Department shall adopt regulations to implement the requirements...
Subtitle 8 - Report on Environmental Violations
Section 4-801 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 4-802 - Reports; Technical Assistance; Posting of Information Collected - (a) (1) On or before January 1 each year, each...
Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous
Section 4-901 - Requiring the Department to Submit an Addendum and Certain Milestones to the u.s. Environmental Protection Agency -- Implementation by Certain Date - (a) The Department shall submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection...