2356

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 587

TRIBUTARIES LYING WESTWARD OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROCK
POINT IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY TO NORTH POINT IN BALTIMORE
COUNTY.

[(a)] (B) The General Assembly declares that the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries (within the tidewater
portions thereof) are a great natural asset and resource to
the State and its counties. Portions of these areas are
threatened with inundation by the unconfined dumping of vast
quantities of spoil from dredging operations within
Baltimore Harbor. This inundation and unconfined dumping
will pollute and despoil valuable portions of the bottomland
in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidewater tributaries and be
grossly harmful to fish and marine life in these and
adjacent waters, to use for recreation, and to the economic
and social life of the people of this State.

[(b) (i) Baltimore Harbor: Consists of the tidal
portions of Patapsco River and its tributaries lying
westward of a line extending from Rock Point in Anne Arundel
County to North Point in Baltimore County.

(ii) Spoil shall mean: Earth, rock, soil, waste
matter, muck, or other material excavated or dredged from
Baltimore Harbor.]

8-1602.

(A)  A person may not dump, deposit, or scatter in an
unconfined manner spoil from Baltimore Harbor, into or onto
any portion of the water or bottomland of the Chesapeake Bay
or of the tidewater portions of any of its tributaries
outside of Baltimore Harbor. However, the spoil may be
redeposited in contained areas approved by the Department.

(B)  A PERSON MAY NOT DUMP, DEPOSIT, OR SCATTER IN AN
UNCONFINED MANNER BALTIMORE COUNTY TRIBUTARY SPOIL INTO OR
ONTO ANY PORTION OF THE WATER OR BOTTOMLAND OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY OR OF THE TIDEWATER PORTIONS OF ANY OF ITS
TRIBUTARIES WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE HART-MILLER-PLEASURE
ISLAND CHAIN IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.

8-1602.1.

(A) (1) THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT APPROVE MORE THAN ONE
CONTAINED AREA FOR THE REDEPOSIT OF SPOIL AND BALTIMORE

COUNTY TRIBUTARY SPOIL WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE

HART-MILLER-PLEASURE ISLAND CHAIN IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.

(2)(A) A PERSON MAY NOT REDEPOSIT MORE THAN A
TOTAL OF 52 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF SPOIL AND BALTIMORE
COUNTY TRIBUTARY SPOIL IN A CONTAINED AREA DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(2) A CONTAINED AREA DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (1)
OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT EXCEED THE APPROXIMATELY 1,100
ACRE SIZE PROVIDED IN THE PROJECTS U.S. ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS PERMIT DATED NOVEMBER 22, 1976.