Ch. 6 LAWS OF MARYLAND

construction is unsafe, needs repair, or should be removed because [it] THE
RESERVOIR, DAM, OR SIMILAR WATERWAY CONSTRUCTION is unsafe and
not repairable, the Department shall notify the owner in writing to repair or remove the
object, as the situation warrants. The repair or removal work shall be completed within
a reasonable time, which time shall be prescribed in the Department's notice.

8-810.

(a) Except for permits issued for the appropriation or use of water for
agricultural purposes, the Department shall prescribe a time limit not exceeding [two]
2 years from the grant of a permit, during which construction, reconstruction, or repair
shall begin or appropriation or use of water shall be completed.

(b) The Department shall prescribe a time limit, not more than [five] 5 years
from the grant of any permit, during which construction, reconstruction, or repair of
reservoirs, dams, or waterway obstruction shall be completed.

The Department shall review triennially every appropriation and use of water for
which a required permit is granted, to ascertain if [it] THE APPROPRIATION AND
USE OF WATER 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, the Department shall correct a permit where the total
quantity of water permitted to be appropriated and used is not used or needed.

8-812.

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 the municipal water
supply of Baltimore City.

8-813.

On application of the Department, verified by oath or affirmation, the circuit
court for any county, sitting in equity, may enforce by injunction, compliance with, or
restraint from violating or attempting to violate any provisions of this subtitle or any
Department order, notice, [rule, ] or regulation made under [it] THIS SUBTITLE.

(e) (1) "Geothermal resources" means the natural heat of the earth higher
than 120 degrees Fahrenheit or 49 degrees centigrade, or the energy, in whatever form,
below the surface of the earth present in, resulting from, or created by, or which may be
extracted from, this natural heat, the natural or artificial medium containing that heat,
and all minerals in solution or other products obtained from naturally heated fluids,

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