MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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OR ANY OTHER STATE, THEIR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS,
AGENCIES, OR INSTRUMENTALITIES THEREOF, AND INTERSTATE
AGENCIES.]]

(A)__________IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE

THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B)___________"COASTAL AREA" MEANS ALL THAT LAND AND

WATER AREA LYING WITHIN ANNE ARUNDEL, BALTIMORE, CALVERT,
CAROLINE, CECIL, CHARLES, DORCHESTER, HARFORD, KENT,
PRINCE GEORGE'S, QUEEN ANNE'S, SAINT MARY'S, SOMERSET,
TALBOT, WICOMICO, AND WORCESTER COUNTIES, THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY, AND LYING SEAWARD TO THE STATE'S TERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION.

(C)        "CONSTRUCTION" MEANS ANY CLEARING, GRADING,

EXCAVATION, BUILDING OR OTHER ACTION THAT WOULD AFFECT
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE COASTAL AREA, OR THE
COMMENCEMENT OF ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES. THIS DOES NOT
INCLUDE ANY ACTIVITY FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SECURING
BIOLOGICAL OR GEOLOGICAL DATA OR OTHER DATA FOR AN
ECONOMIC OR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.

(D)        "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL

RESOURCES.

(E)        "FACILITY" MEANS:

(1)           ANY PIPELINE CARRYING CRUDE OIL OR

NATURAL GAS ASHORE FROM OFFSHORE SOURCES;

(2)         ANY INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTION TERMINAL OR
REFINERY WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROCESS AT LEAST TEN
THOUSAND BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL PER CALENDAR DAY;

(3)         ANY CRUDE OIL STORAGE FACILITY

(I)         WHOSE TOTAL DESIGN CAPACITY IS AT
LEAST 100,000 BARRELS; OR

(II)         WHICH OCCUPIES AT LEAST FIFTY
ACRES: OR

(III) WHOSE AVERAGE THROUGHPUT IS

AT LEAST TEN THOUSAND BARRELS PER CALENDAR DAY:

(4)        ANY OPERATIONS BASE WHICH;

(I)_________INCLUDES PORT AND HARBOR

FACILITIES, AND

(II)        OCCUPIES AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE

ACRES, AND