Ch. 263 LAWS OF MARYLAND

public, including constructing pump-out stations for use by the general boating public
at public and private marinas. The Secretary may use the funds to install pump-out
stations for use by the general boating public and to supplement maintenance costs at
the discretion of the Secretary. Before approving the construction of any pump-out
station at a public or private marina, the Secretary shall consult with the Department of
the Environment to assure that the wastewater collection and treatment system of the
marina is adequate to handle any increased flow. The Department may adopt
regulations to govern the use and operation of pump-out stations for use by the general
boating public constructed or supported by State funds under this section;

(5) Improvement, reconstruction, or removal of bridges, drawbridges, or
similar structures over or across waters, if those structures delay, impede, or obstruct
the boating public. With the approval of the Board of Public Works, funds from another
public or any private source may be received and used to supplement and increase the
funds in the Waterway Improvement Fund for the purpose of this subsection. Also, the
Board of Public Works may enter into an agreement with a private company or person
which owns such a structure, for the improvement, reconstruction, or removal of the
structure, in order to provide a sharing of the cost of the improvement, reconstruction,
or removal;

(6) Evaluation of water-oriented recreation needs and recreational
capacities of Maryland waterways, and development of comprehensive plans for
waterway improvements;

(7) To provide matching grants to local governments for the construction
of marine facilities for marine firefighting, marine police or medical services, and for
the acquisition of vessels, and equipment for vessels for marine firefighting, police,
medical, and communication equipment for promoting safety of life and property and
general service to the boating public utilizing the waters of the State. The ownership,
operation, and maintenance of any equipment acquired under this subtitle shall be the
responsibility of the local governing body;

(8) Structural and nonstructural shore erosion control under subsection
(b) of this section;

(9) Acquisition of equipment and State vessels for firefighting, policing,
first aid and medical assistance, and communications, in order to promote safety of life
and property and general service to the boating public utilizing waters of the State;

(10) Boating information and education; and

(11) To provide interest-free loans to a governing body for the benefit of a
residential property owner, or group of residential property owners, with land abutting
a channel adjacent to a FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL main
channel or harbor[, whose property has been included in a waterway improvement
district by the governing body,] for dredging the adjacent channel.

(a) (1) Projects for dredging channels adjacent to FEDERAL, STATE,

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