1132                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 630

keeping in mind the public use to which they are or may be
put, as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of this sub-
title; to cooperate with the responsible authorities of other
states and federal government or any agencies thereof concerning
policies, procedures and means to be employed to control, regulate
or correct the pollution of any interstate waters and to recommend
carrying out such procedures to the proper State agencies; to receive,
administer, and expend such funds as are now or may become avail-
able for pollution control from the federal government or any agency
thereof; and to recommend from time to time such legislative or ad-
ministrative action as may be deemed necessary and desirable better
to control the pollution of the waters of the State. The Depart-
ment shall have control of the pollution of all waters of the
State of Maryland, except as hereinafter provided, which are or may
be affected by waste disposal of municipalities, industries, public or
private corporations, individuals, partnerships, associations or any
other entity.

(d) The Department shall have the authority to, and shall enforce
the provisions of this subtitle and conduct such investigations as
shall from time to time be deemed necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of this subtitle.

24.

(a)  The Department shall be authorized to bring any appropriate
action, in the name of the people of the State of Maryland, as may be
deemed necessary in the discretion of said Department to carry out
the provisions of this subtitle and to enforce any and all laws relating
to the pollution of the waters of the State, except as herein provided.

(b)  The Department or any agent authorized by it to represent the
Department shall have the right to enter at all reasonable times in or
upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and
investigating conditions relating to the pollution of any waters of the
State. The Department shall have the right to call upon any
officer, board, department, commission, school, university or other
State institutions and officers or employees thereof for any assistance
deemed necessary to the carrying out of this subtitle.

(c) The Department shall have the right to review any activity

or project of other State agencies, boards or commissions that involve,

or may involve the actual or potential discharge or deposit of any

material into the waters of the State. It shall be the duty of the
Department of Health, the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs,
the Department of Game and Inland Fish, the Natural Resources In-
stitute, the Maryland Geological Survey and all other State agencies,
boards or commissions to cooperate fully with the Department
[and to furnish any records which the Commission may require.]
in all matters dealing with the restoration, preservation and
maintenance of the quality of the waters of the State. It shall, simi-
larly, be the duty of the Department to cooperate fully with all other
State agencies, boards or commissions.

25.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or permit to
be discharged directly or indirectly into any of the waters of this