MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1127

8-402. CREATION, CONTINUATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF
SCENIC RIVERS PROGRAM.

(A) CREATION AND CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM;
RIVERS INCLUDED. - A SCENIC RIVERS PROGRAM IS CREATED
AND CONTINUED. THE FOLLOWING RIVERS, INCLUDING THEIR
TRIBUTARIES, ARE THE INITIAL COMPONENTS OF THE STATE
SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM: DEEP CREEK (HARFORD COUNTY),
THE PATUXENT, POCOMOKE, SEVERN, WICOMICO IN CHARLES
COUNTY, AND YOUGHIOHGHENY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 763(a) of the Code,
as amended by Chapter 62, S.B. 273, Acts of
1973. The only changes made are in style.

(B) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.--THE SECRETARY SHALL

ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE. HE
[[CARRIES]] SHALL FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO
CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THE SCENIC RIVERS PROGRAM
FOR EACH DESIGNATED RIVER INCLUDING ANY OTHER RIVER
DESIGNATED SUBSEQUENTLY AS PART OF THE SYSTEM. THE
PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FOP WISE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES
ON THE LAND AND PRESERVATION OF THEIR SCENIC
QUALITIES. DEVELOPMENT IS LIMITED TO ACTIVITIES SUCH
AS FISHING, HUNTING, HIKING, HORSEBACK RIDING, NATURAL
AND GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION, SCENIC APPRECIATION,
AND OTHER PROGRAMS BY WHICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN
APPRECIATE AND ENJOY THE VALUE OF THESE AREAS AS
SCENIC RIVERS IN A SETTING OF NATURAL SOLITUDE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
derived from Article 66C, sections 762 and
764. This new subsection attempts to
harmonize the inconsistencies of sections
762 and 764 caused by executive
reorganization, and to effectuate
nomenclatural changes as set forth in
Chapter 348, Acts of 1972.

(C) STUDY OF DEER CREEK. - THE DEPARTMENT, BY
JULY 1, 1974, SHALL PREPARE A STUDY AND PLAN FOR THE
USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER AND RELATED LAND
RESOURCES OF DEER CREEK IN HARFORD COUNTY. THE STUDY
AND PLAN SHALL EVALUATE DEER CREEK AS A WATER AND
SCENIC RESOURCE, AND EVALUATE ITS SHORELINE AND
RELATED LAND IN TERMS OF ZONING, PARKS AND
RECREATIONAL AREAS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USE. THE STUDY
AND PLAN SHALL BE MADE IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION
WITH EVERY AFFECTED UNIT OF HARFORD COUNTY. UPON
COMPLETION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL FILE THE STUDY AND