2760                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 826

691.

For the purposes of this subtitle:

(a) The term "air pollution" shall mean the
presence in the outdoor atmosphere of substances in
quantities, having characteristics and being of a
duration which, from any single source or in combination
with other sources, are, or may be predicted with
reasonable certainty to be injurious to human, plant or
animal life or to property, or which unreasonably
interfere with the proper enjoument of the property of
others by reason of the emission of odors, solids,
vapors, liquids or gases, throughout the State and in
such areas of the State as are affected thereby. [Unless
a definite health hazard is concerned, the term "air
pollution" does not include airborne fluff resulting from
the drying, loading, or unloading of corn grain, these
particles of fluff being sometimes known and referred to
as "bees' wings." The term shall not be applied to
discharges to the atmosphere from the harvesting, drying,
loading, or unloading of corn or grain. ]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 693(d) be and it is hereby added to Article 43 —
Health, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 43 - Health
693.

(D) THE RULES AMD REGULATIONS RELATING TO GRAIN
DRYING OPERATIONS SHALL BE PROMULGATED WITH THE ADVICE
AND CONSENT OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect January 1, 1975.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 827
(House Bill 1580)
AN ACT concerning