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Session Laws, 1988
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Ch. 384

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(a) [The] EXCEPT FOR PERMITS ISSUED FOR THE APPROPRIATION
OR USE OF WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, THE Department shall
prescribe a time limit not exceeding two years from the grant of
[any] A permit, during which construction, reconstruction, or
repair shall begin or appropriation or use of water shall be
completed.

8-811.

The Department shall review triennially every appropriation
and use of water for which a required permit is granted, to
ascertain if it is being made according to quantity limitations
and other conditions established by permit. UNLESS A PERMIT IS
FOR THE PERIODIC APPROPRIATION OR USE OF WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL
PURPOSES, [It] THE DEPARTMENT shall correct [any] A permit where
the total quantity of water permitted to be appropriated and used
is not used or needed.

8-812.

[(a) The provisions of this subtitle do not interfere with
the exercise of jurisdiction of the United States, or its
agencies, over the waters of the State.]

[(b)] The provisions of this subtitle do not amend or
repeal any law relating to the Public Service Commission and
Department of the Environment, relating to water and water
structures, or any act or parts of acts consistent with the
provisions of this subtitle. The provisions of this subtitle do
not impair any riparian or other vested right, nor amend, repeal,
limit, impair, or alter any right, power, or privilege granted by
the General Assembly to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
to appropriate or use any river, stream, or water in the State to
augment and improve municipal water supply of Baltimore City.
[Also, the provisions of this subtitle do not prohibit, limit,
impair, or alter any particular use of any stream or body of
water in existence on January 1, 1934 by any person unless the
use subsequently is abandoned.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

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