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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(6) Violation or the threatened violation of any
State or federal water quality stream or effluent standard
exists.
8-1413.1. Evaluating and monitoring dumping of dredged
spoils.
The Department OF NATURAL RESOURCES in cooperation with
other appropriate agencies, shall evaluate and monitor the
dumping of all dredged spoil and similar type operations in
the waters of the State. The frequency of monitoring during
actual operations shall be sufficient to promptly identify
any irregular or unanticipated occurrence within sufficient
time to modify or terminate the operations before
environmental damage occurs. All monitoring data shall be
made available promptly to the public.
8-1413.2. Safe disposal of designated hazardous substances.
(a) Definitions. — In this section the following
words and phrases have the meanings indicated.
(1) "Council" means the Hazardous Substance
Advisory Council.
(2) "Designated hazardous substance" means a
substance identified as a hazardous substance by the
Department OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE pursuant to this
section.
(3) "Facility" means a disposal structure,
system, or geographic area designated by the Department OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE for treatment, storage related to
treatment or disposal, or disposal of designated hazardous
substances.
(4) "Fund" means the Maryland Hazardous
Substance Control Fund.
(5) "Hazardous substance" means any matter that
conveys toxic, lethal, or sublethal effects to plant,
aquatic, or animal life, or which may be injurious to human
health, or persists in the environment; or which causes
sublethal alterations to aquatic, plant, animal, or human
systems through their cumulative or immediate reactions.
The term includes any matter identified as a hazardous
substance by the Environmental Protection Agency in
Regulation 40 CFR Part 116.
(6) "Designated hazardous substance hauler"
means a person certified by the Department OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE to transport designated hazardous substances
to a facility.
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