Ch. 6 LAWS OF MARYLAND

benefit charge still unpaid at the conclusion of the sale, and shall be required to meet
the same annual installments as previously were being assessed. Any notice of sale
[shall] clearly SHALL identify this potential liability, provided that failure to so notify
may not effect the obligation if the notice of lien required under § 8-1005(d)(3) OF
THIS SUBTITLE is FILED properly [filed].

8-1007.

(c) At the time of levy of any benefit charge under this subtitle[,] or
apportionment of an existing levy among subdivision lots, the Department shall notify
appropriate tax officials for inclusion of the assessment in the tax records.

8-1101.

The General Assembly finds and declares that land movement and disturbance
activities on Atlantic Coast beaches east of certain natural and physical contours and
elevations of the beach endangers the integrity and continuity of the beach system
which includes a dunal system, prevents adequate maintenance, shore [erosion]
EROSION, and sediment control, and storm protection of these and adjacent areas,
and results in the imposition of additional financial burdens on the citizens of the State.

8-1102.

(a) (1) For the purposes of maintaining the Atlantic Coast beaches of the
State and the Beach Erosion Control District, the integrity and continuity of the dunal
system and assuring adequate maintenance [thereof] OF THE DUNAL SYSTEM, to
provide for shore erosion and sediment control and storm protection, and to minimize
structural interference with the littoral drift of sand and any anchoring vegetation, any
land clearing, construction activity, or the construction or placement of permanent
structures within the Beach Erosion Control District is prohibited.

(2) This prohibition does not apply to any project or activity approved by
the Department [of Natural Resources] and the appropriate soil conservation district
specifically for storm control; beach erosion and sediment control; maintenance
projects designed to benefit the Beach Erosion Control District; and a planned public
utility pipeline carrying treated sewage effluent from a unit not exceeding 14 million
gallons per day, if, in addition to the approvals required by all other applicable federal
and local laws and regulations, it is approved by the Board of Public Works as essential
to the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Worcester County, after
having received the permission of the Secretaries of the Environment and Natural
Resources, and the Director of Planning, including a guarantee that in any contract
under this provision a person will not make any significant permanent environmental
disruption to the area, and the construction area for the purpose of laying a single pipe
with a diameter not exceeding 36 inches is limited to a single 100 foot wide area
perpendicular eastward from the west crest of the natural dune line on Assateague
Island and in Ocean [City] CITY, and if the Secretaries of the Environment and
Natural Resources[,] and the Director of Planning find that there is no economically
and environmentally feasible [alternative] ALTERNATIVE, and that there is
insufficient capacity at the existing Ocean City wastewater treatment facility and
discharge pipe.

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