MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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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 State's natural resources:

License               Total Storage Capacity,                 Annual

Designation                     in Barrels                           License Fee

Class A                   50,000 or greater                              $5,000

Class B                   20,000 to less than 50,000           $1,500

Class C 10,000 to less than 20,000           $1,000

Class D                     5,000 to less than 10,000           $ 500

Class E                     Less than 5,000 but                       $ 250
greater than 3,000

The annual fee may not be less than $2 50 nor greater
than $5,000. However, the maximum paid by any one person
may not exceed $25,000. [At the time the Fund reaches
its maximum of $500,000, collection of the annual license
fees shall be abated.] AT THE TIME THE FUND REACHES ITS
MAXIMUM OF $1,000.000, 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 not later than September 1, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1 immediately preceding. The
collection of license fees for any one year may not
exceed the sum of $250,000. Any excess over $250,000
shall be credited or refunded to the licensees on a
prorated basis.

(f) The Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean—Up
and Contingency Fund is created and continued for the
Department to use to develop equipment, personnel, and
plans; for contingency actions to respond to, contain,
clean—up, and remove from the land and waters of the
State, discharges of oil, petroleum products and their
by-products into, upon or adjacent to, the waters of the
State; and restore natural resources damaged by
discharges. The cost of containment, clean—up, removal
and restoration shall be reimbursed to the State by the
person responsible for the discharge. The reimbursement
shall be credited to the Fund. [The Fund shall be

limited to the sum of $500,000.] THE FUND SHALL BE

LIMITED TO THE SUM OF $1,000,000. To this sum shall be

credited every license fee, fine, if imposed by the
Circuit court for any county or the Criminal Court of
Baltimore as the case may be, and any other charge
related to this subtitle. To this Fund shall be charged
every expense the Department has which relates to this
section. [When the balance in the Fund reaches the
limit, license fees shall be temporarily abated or
adjusted pursuant to § 8-1411 (c) of this subtitle.]
[[THE DEPARTMENT MAY TEMPORARILY ABATE OR REDUCE LICENSE