Ch. 329                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 735

construction, reconstruction, or repair. The county commissioners of each such
county, the mayor or chief executive officials of each such city and the proper
officials of any interested agency of the State, or political subdivision thereof shall
also be notified by the applicant by registered or certified mail. In the public notice
of the application, the date, place, and time fixed by the Department for the public
hearing on the application shall be stated. At the public hearing, the applicant and
any other interested person shall be given an opportunity to present facts, evidence,
and arguments for or against the granting of the application.

29F.

(b) Licenses required under this subtitle shall be secured from the Department
subject to terms and conditions set forth in this subtitle, and by paying an annual
fee according to the following schedule using the total storage capacity at an oil
terminal facility as an indicator of the utilization, impact, and possible hazards to
the natural resources of Maryland:

License
Designa-
tion
Class	A
Class	B
Class	C
Class	D
Class	E

		Annual
Total	Storage	License
Capacity	, in Barrels	Fee
50,000 or	greater	$5,000.00
20,000 to	less than 50,000	$1,500.00
10,000 to	less than 20,000	$1,000.00
5,000 to	less than 10,000	$ 500.00
Less than	5.000 but greater
than 3,	000	$ 250.00

The annual fee shall be no less than $250.00 nor greater than $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, collection 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
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 preceding [, in]. IN no event shall the collection of license fees for any
one year exceed the sum of $250,000[, if]. IF such a contingency should occur,
that excess over $250,000 shall be credited or refunded to the licensees on a
prorated basis.

52.

In carrying out its responsibility for water resource planning, development and
management, the Department shall cooperate with federal, [estate 1 STATE and
local agencies in all water resource projects or programs affecting the waters of the
State. The Department shall administer such financial assistance for these projects
or programs as may be made available to the Department for this purpose.

In furtherance of its responsibility under this section, the Department shall
consider the following only when local entities agree to pay all other nonfederal
cost and to operate and maintain the structures installed using federal assistance
authorized under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act:

(1)  A contribution by the State of up to fifty percent (50%) of the nonfederal
share of approved projects under PL 566.

(2)  Use of the funds in programs or projects of flood control, recreation, fish
and wildlife, water supply and flow augmentation.