542                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 4

SEDIMENT AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS TO DETERMINE AND
IDENTIFY ESSENTIAL MARINE ORGANISM NURSERY AREAS OF
THE STATE'S WATERS, INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND
TRIBUTARIES; EPIBENTHOS; BOTTOM SPECIES; CRAB; FIN
FISH AND HUMAN USE STUDIES;

(2)   RESEARCH TO ASSIST PREDICTION, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, FIELD AND
LABORATORY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVISION FOR
PHYSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL MODELING TOOLS

TO ASSIST [[AND EVALUATE]] IN DETERMINING AND

EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF VARIATION OF NATURAL WATERS
RESULTING FROM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OPERATIONS
INCLUDING CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, OXYGEN LEVELS,
SALINITY, BIOCIDES, RADIONUCLIDES, AND "HEAVY" METALS.
THIS RESEARCH ALSO INCLUDES COLLECTION AND
ORGANIZATION OF RELEVANT INFORMATION AND DATA
NECESSARY TO OPERATE PHYSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, AND
BIOLOGICAL MODELING TOOLS;

(3)    PROVISIONS FOR MONITORING OPERATIONS OF
ELECTRIC POWER FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE STATE.
THESE PROVISIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO A
DETERMINATION OF ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION AND EFFECT OF
TEMPERATURE, SALINITY, OXYGEN, RADIONUCLIDES, "HEAVY"
METALS, AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; RADIOLOGICAL; "HEAVY"
METALS AND BIOCIDE EFFECTS; RECREATIONAL AND
COMMERCIAL FISHING GAINS AND LOSSES; AND HUMAN HEALTH
AND WELFARE EFFECTS;

(4)    RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO
EFFECTS ON AIR RESOURCES OF ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS AND
EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTANTS FROM POWER PLANTS ON PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WELFARE, VEGETATION, ANIMALS, MATERIALS,
AND ESTHETIC VALUES, INCLUDING BASELINE STUDIES,
PREDICTIVE MODELING, AND MONITORING OF THE AIR MASS AT
SITES OF PROPOSED OR OPERATING ELECTRIC GENERATING
STATIONS, EVALUATION OF NEW OR IMPROVED METHODS FOR
MINIMIZING AIR POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANTS AND OTHER
MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE EFFECT OF POWER PLANTS ON
THE AIR ENVIRONMENT;

(5)    AN ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION OF ELECTRIC
POWER PLANT SITES PROPOSED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND
EXPANSION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE WATERS AND AIR
OF THE STATE;

(6)    EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF
NEW ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES AND
EXTRAORDINARY SYSTEMS RELATED TO POWER PLANTS DESIGNED
TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;