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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 3147
COULD ACCOMMODATE OIL TENDERS TOO LARGE FOR PRESENT PORTS
AND PORT FACILITIES. AS COMPARED TO SMALLER TANKER
SYSTEMS, TRANSFER OF OIL TO THE UNITED STATES BY THESE
LARGE TANKERS MAY HAVE CERTAIN ADVANTAGES, INCLUDING
ASSURED ACCESS TO THE WORLD'S TOTAL PETROLEUM SHIPPING
FLEET, A REDUCTION IN ECONOMIC COSTS AND SAFETY HAZARDS,
INCREASED TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY, AND REDUCED
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS TO HARBORS AND SHORELINES. THE
LEGISLATURE, IN RECOGNITION OF THESE OBJECTIVES AND THOSE
OF PROTECTING THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT, REGULATING GROWTH
AND DETERMINING LAND USE, AND IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT ITS
DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE FEDERAL DEEPWATER
FORT ACT OF 1974, HEREBY DEFINES THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE
TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND IN THE LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION AND
OPERATION OF DEEPWATER PORTS IN THE WATERS BEYOND THE
STATE.
3-602. DEFINITIONS.
(A) GENERALLY. - IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING
WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) "ADJACENT COASTAL STATE" MEANS ANY COASTAL
STATE WHICH;
(1) WOULD BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY BY PIPELINE
TO A DEEPWATER PORT, AS PROPOSED IN AN APPLICATION;
(2) WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN 15 MILES OF ANY
PROPOSED DEEPWATER PORT; OR
(3) IS SO DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL
SECRETARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9(A)(2) OF THE
FEDERAL ACT.
(C) "APPLICATION" MEANS ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED
UNDER THE FEDERAL ACT FOR:
(1) A LICENSE FOR THE OWNERSHIP,
CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF A DEEPWATER PORT;
(2) TRANSFER OF ANY LICENSE; OR
(3) ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN ANY OF THE
CONDITIONS AND PROVISIONS OF ANY LICENSE.
(D) "COASTAL ENVIRONMENT" MEANS THE STATE'S
NAVIGABLE WATERS AND THE ADJACENT SHORELINES. THE TERM
INCLUDES TRANSITIONAL AND INTERTIDAL AREAS, BAYS,
LAGOONS, SALT MARSHES, ESTUARIES, AND BEACHES AND THEIR
FISH, WILDLIFE AND OTHER LIVING RESOURCES, AND THE
RECREATIONAL AND SCENIC VALUES OF THE LANDS, WATERS AND
RESOURCES.
(E) "DEEPWATER PORT" MEANS ANY FIXED OR FLOATING
MANMADE STRUCTURE OTHER THAN A VESSEL, OR ANY GROUP OF
STRUCTURES, LOCATED BEYOND TERRITORIAL WATERS OF A STATE
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