1308                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 414

723.

Notwithstanding any rule or regulation promulgated by the Sec-
retary of Natural Resources for the protection of private wetlands,
the following uses shall be lawful on those lands [included in the
Secretary's inventory of private wetlands] which are private wet-
lands:

(1)   Conservation of soil, vegetation, water, fish, shellfish, and
wildlife.

(2)  Trapping, hunting, fishing, and shellfishing where otherwise
legally permitted.

(3)  Exercise of riparian rights to make improvements to lands
bounding on navigable waters to preserve access to such navigable
waters or to protect the shore against erosion.

724.

The Secretary shall promptly [make an inventory] delineate the
landward boundaries of all [private] wetlands within the State. The
landward boundaries of such wetlands shall be shown on suitable
[reproductions] maps or aerial photographs to a scale of one inch
equals two hundred feet [with such accuracy that they will repre-
sent a class D survey]. Such maps shall be prepared to cover entire
subdivisions of the State as determined by the Secretary. Upon
completion of the private wetlands landward boundary maps for each
subdivision and adoption of proposed rules and regulations govern-
ing activities on such wetlands as provided by Section 722, the Sec-
retary shall hold a public hearing in the county of the affected
wetlands. The Secretary shall give notice of such hearing to each
owner as shown in tax records of all lands designated as wetland as
shown on such maps, by registered mail not less than thirty days prior
to the date set for such hearing. The notice shall include the proposed
rules and regulations. The Secretary shall also cause notice of such
hearing to be published at least once not more than thirty days and
not fewer than ten days before the date set for such hearing in a news-
paper or newspapers published within and having a general circula-
tion in the county or counties where such wetlands are located. After
considering the testimony given at such hearing and any other facts
which may be deemed pertinent and after considering the rights of
affected property owners and the purposes of this subheading, the
Secretary shall establish by order of the landward bounds of each
of such wetlands and the rules and regulations applicable thereto.
A copy of the order, together with a copy of the map depicting such
boundary lines, shall be filed among the land records in all counties
affected after final appeal of such, if any, has been completed. The
Secretary shall give notice of such order to each owner of record of
all lands designated as [such] wetlands by mailing a copy of such
order to such owner by registered mail. The Secretary shall also
cause a copy of such order to be published in a newspaper or news-
papers published within and having a general circulation in the
county or counties where such wetlands are located.

725.

Any person having a recorded interest in land affected by any such
rules and regulations, may appeal the rules and regulations and the
designation of his land [within the inventory] as wetlands to the
Board of Review of the Department of Natural Resources as pro-
vided by Section 237 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code. This pro-