Ch. 488                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1)     Any pipeline carrying crude oil or natural gas ashore from offshore
sources;

(2)     Any intermediate production terminal or refinery which is designed to
process at least ten thousand barrels of crude oil per calendar day;

(3)     Any crude oil storage facility:

(i) Whose total design capacity is at least 100,000 barrels; or

(ii) Which occupies at least fifty acres; or

(iii) Whose average throughput is at least ten thousand barrels per
calendar day;

(4)     Any facility for the processing, transmission, or storage of natural gas
with a total design capacity for at least one billion cubic feet of gas for storage or two
hundred million cubic feet for processing;

(5)     Any operations base which:

(i) Includes port and harbor facilities, and FACILITIES;

(ii) Occupies at least twenty-five acres, and ACRES; AND

(iii) Is designed, constructed and operated as an assembly area for the
storage, handling, and transport of supplies whose next and final destination is any oil
and/or gas exploration, development, or production-related operation conducted in the
territorial sea, contiguous zone or high seas area; or

(6)     Any fabrication yard which is an assembly operation used for the
construction or preparation of petroleum drilling rigs, jackets or platforms, or wellhead
installations, whose final destination is installation or operation in the territorial sea,
contiguous zone, or high seas area.

(f)      "Government agencies" means the government of the United States, the State
of Maryland, or any other state, their political subdivisions, units, or instrumentalities
thereof, and interstate units.

(g)     "Person" includes corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships,
and joint stock companies, as well as individuals and government agencies.

(h) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of [Natural Resources]
THE. ENVIRONMENT.

14-503.

(a) A person may not construct, or cause to be constructed, a facility in the coastal
area unless he first obtains a permit pursuant to this subtitle. However, facilities for which
on-site construction, excluding site preparation, has legally begun prior to July 1, 1975 are
exempt from the provisions of this subtitle.

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