1182

Laws of Maryland

[Ch. 356

and storing oil, petroleum products and their by-products, and the
utilization of, and impact on, the state's resources,

LICENSE

DESIGNA-                  TOTAL STORAGE

TION               CAPACITY, IN BARRELS

CLASS A       50,000 OR GREATER

CLASS B       20,000 TO LESS THAN 50,000

CLASS C       10,000 TO LESS THAN 20,000

CLASS D         5,000 TO LESS THAN 10,000

CLASS E       LESS THAN 5,000 BUT GREATER
THAN 8,000

ANNUAL

LICENSE

FEE

$5,000.00
$3,000.00

1,500.00
$2,000.00

1,000.00
$1,000.00
500.00

$   500.00

250.00
the THE annual fee shall be no less than $250.00 $500.00 250.00 nor

maximum of two million dollars there shall be no minimum license fee
$5,000, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE MAXIMUM PAID
BY ANY ONE PERSON SHALL NOT EXCEED $25,000. AT THE
TIME THE FUND REACHES ITS MAXIMUM OF $500,000, COL-
LECTION OF THE ANNUAL LICENSE FEES SHALL BE
ABATED. Annual fees shall be paid by these facilities to the state
comptroller and upon receipt by him credited to the Maryland Oil
Disaster Research, Development CONTAINMENT, CLEAN-UP and
Contingency Fund. ANNUAL FEES SHALL BE PAID BY THESE
FACILITIES BY NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1, FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1 IMMEDIATELY PRE-
CEDING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COLLECTION OF
LICENSE FEES FOR ANY ONE YEAR EXCEED THE SUM
OF $250,000, IF SUCH A CONTINGENCY SHOULD OCCUR,
THAT EXCESS OVER $250,000 SHALL BE CREDITED OR RE-
FUNDED TO THE LICENSEES ON A PRORATED BASIS.

(d) (C) As a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a
license the Department shall require satisfactory evidence that the
applicant has implemented or is in the process of implementing
state and federal plans and regulations for control of pollution re-
lated to oil, petroleum products, and their by-products and the abate-
ment thereof when a discharge occurs.

(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the likelihood of sig-
nificant damage to marine, estuarine, and terrestial environment due

to spills of oil, petroleum products, and their by-products by the

following classes of persons, is remote due to the limited nature of

their operations and the small quantities stored, and accordingly
exempts them from licensing requirements imposed by this section.

Persons engaged in the business of servicing the fuel requirements

of pleasure craft, fishing boats and other commercial vessels, where

the purchaser and the consumer are the same entity and the serviced

vessel is 75 feet or less in overall length.

(D) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTIONS (A)
THROUGH (C) OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDE-
MEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE PUNISHED