HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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subject to terms and conditions set forth in this section,
and by paying an annual fee according to the following
schedule using the total storage capacity at an oil terminal
facility as an indicator of the utilization, impact, and
possible hazards to the State's natural resources:

License                      Total Storage Capacity                       Annual

Designation                        in Barrels                                     License

Fee

Class A                    50,000 or greater                                   $5,000

Class B                    20,000 to less than 50,000                  $1,500

Class C                    10,000 to less than 20,000                  $1,000

Class D                      5,000 to less than 10,000                  $ 500

Class E                    Less than 5,000 but greater                $ 250

than 3,000

The annual fee may not be less than $250 nor greater
than $5,000. However, the maximum paid by any one person
may not exceed $25,000. At the time the fund reaches its
maximum of $1,000,000, collection of the annual license fees
shall be abated. Annual fees shall be paid by these
facilities to the State Comptroller and upon receipt by him
credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up
and Contingency Fund. Annual fees shall be paid by these
facilities not later than September 1, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1 immediately preceding. The collection of
license fees for any one year may not exceed the sum of
$250,000. Any excess over $250,000 shall be credited or
refunded to the licensees on a prorated basis.

(d) Same — Conditions. — As a condition precedent to
the issuance or renewal of a license, the Department OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE shall require satisfactory
evidence that the applicant has implemented or is in the
process of implementing State and federal plans and
regulations to control pollution related to oil, petroleum
products, and their by-products and the abatement thereof
when a discharge occurs.

(f) Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and
Contingency Fund -- Established; purpose; reimbursement by
polluters; credits; debits. — There is a Maryland Oil
Disaster Containment, Clean-up and Contingency Fund for the
Department to use to develop equipment, personnel, and
plans; for contingency actions to respond to, contain,
clean-up, and remove from the land and waters of the State
discharges of oil, petroleum products, and their by-products
into, upon, or adjacent to the waters of the State; and
restore natural resources damaged by discharges. The cost of
containment, clean-up, removal, and restoration shall be
reimbursed to the State by the person responsible for the
discharge. The reimbursement shall be credited to the Fund.
The Fund shall be limited to the sum of $1,000,000. To this