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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 855

assuring adequate maintenance thereof, to provide for shore
erosion and sediment control and storm protection, and to
minimize structural interference with the littoral drift of
sand and any anchoring vegetation, any land clearing,
construction activity, or the construction or placement of
permanent structures within the Beach Erosion Control
District is prohibited. This prohibition does not apply to
any project or activity approved by the Department and the
appropriate soil conservation district specifically for
storm control[,]; beach erosion and sediment control[, and];
maintenance projects designed to benefit the Beach Erosion
Control District; AND A PLANNED PUBLIC UTILITY PIPELINE
CARRYING TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT FROM A UNIT NOT EXCEEDING

14 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, IF, IN ADDITION TO THE APPROVALS
REQUIRED BY ALL OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAWS AND
REGULATIONS, IT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AS
ESSENTIAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE
CITIZENS OF WORCESTER COUNTY, AFTER HAVING RECEIVED THE
PERMISSION OF THE SECRETARIES OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE,
NATURAL RESOURCES, AND STATE PLANNING, INCLUDING A GUARANTEE
THAT IN ANY CONTRACT UNDER THIS PROVISION A PERSON WILL NOT
MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT PERMANENT ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTION TO
THE AREA, AND THE CONSTRUCTION AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF
LAYING A SINGLE PIPE WITH A DIAMETER NOT EXCEEDING 36 INCHES

IS LIMITED TO A SINGLE 100 FOOT WIDE AREA PERPENDICULAR
EASTWARD FROM THE WEST CREST OF THE NATURAL DUNE LINE ON
ASSATEAGUE ISLAND AND IN OCEAN CITY AND IF THE SECRETARIES
OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND STATE
PLANNING FIND THAT THERE IS NO ECONOMICALLY AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE AND THAT THERE IS
INSUFFICIENT CAPACITY AT THE EXISTING OCEAN CITY WASTEWATER
TREATMENT FACILITY AND DISCHARGE PIPE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 27, 1980.

CHAPTER 856

(House Bill 1008)

AN ACT concerning

Financial Institutions - Savings and Loan Associations

FOR the purpose of modernizing the substantive laws
governing savings and loan associations with a
comprehensive act; defining and modernizing terms;
deleting obsolete concepts; correcting contradictory
provisions; clarifying corporate structure of stock
associations and mutual associations; changing the law
relating to membership and voting rights; making