1006                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 348

of the State, in a manner compatible with multiple purpose manage-
ment on a watershed and/or aquifer basis or other appropriate
geographical unit thereof. The program shall recognize and be con-
sistent with the functions of [the Department of Chesapeake Bay
Affairs and] other State agencies. The program shall serve as a
guide to the Department in the performance of its duties as here-
inafter provided.

[8.

The Department is authorized to conduct a joint study with the
State Departments of Game and Inland Fish and Chesapeake Bay
Affairs in order to define the boundaries of tidal and nontidal
waters within the jurisdiction of the State. The boundaries of said
waters as determined by the study shall be set forth in regulations
promulgated by the Department.]

9.

In addition to the powers and duties stated herein, the [Depart-
ment] Administration shall exercise those [responsibilities] author-
ities reasonably necessary in carrying out the intention of this article.

15.

(c) (2) Filling or bulkheading along a tidal shore line of private,
single family properties, if notice is given, in writing, with evidence
of being furnished to the Department, to adjacent property owners,
interested local agencies, [the Department of Game and Inland Fish,
and the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs,] and if the con-
struction is less than 300 feet in length and occupies less than one
(1) acre of wetland.

26A.

The Department [of Water Resources] shall prescribe by regula-
tion approved methods, facilities, standards, and devices for the
transfer, storage, separating, removing, treating, and disposing of
oil and other unctuous substances for the purpose of preventing
pollution of waters of the State. No person shall engage in any
commercial or industrial operation involving these activities unless
approval is received from the Department in the form of a permit,
indicating that the activities are in conformity with the prescribed
regulations; but persons engaged in commercial or industrial opera-
tions involving these activities prior to June 30, 1971, may have
until July 1, 1972, to obtain a permit.

29.

(a-1) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this subtitle, any
person discharging or permitting the discharge of oil, or any person
either actively or passively participating in the discharge or spilling
of oil, into the waters of the State either from a land-based installa-
tion, including vehicles in transit, or from any vessel, ship or boat
of any kind, shall not knowingly fail to report the incident imme-
diately to the appropriate federal authority and/or the [State]
Department [of Water Resources] and shall not knowingly fail to
remain available until clearance to leave is given by the appropriate
officials.