HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE AND SUBTITLE 14 OF
TITLE 8 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE AND THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER THOSE SUBTITLES, A PERSON MAY NOT
DISCHARGE ANY POLLUTANT INTO THE WATERS OF THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
27, § 583 and former NR § 8-1413(a).

The detailed descriptions of forms of pollution
and the penalties that appeared in former Article
27, § 583 are deleted as obsolete. Later
enactments, from which this subtitle is derived,
provided for different, and more elaborate,
regulation of forms of pollution and for
different, and more severe, penalties.

9-323. DISCHARGE PERMIT REQUIRED.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

A PERSON SHALL HOLD A DISCHARGE PERMIT ISSUED BY THE
DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE PERSON MAY CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, MODIFY,
EXTEND, ALTER, OR OPERATE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IF ITS
OPERATION COULD CAUSE OR INCREASE THE DISCHARGE OF
POLLUTANTS INTO THE WATERS OF THIS STATE:

(1) AN INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR RECREATIONAL
FACILITY OR DISPOSAL SYSTEM.

(2) A STATE-OWNED TREATMENT FACILITY.

(3) ANY OTHER OUTLET OR ESTABLISHMENT.

(B)  ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS BY RULE OR REGULATION.

BY RULE OR REGULATION, THE DEPARTMENT MAY REQUIRE A
DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly appeared as NR §
8-1413(b).

The only changes are in style.

9-324. ISSUANCE OF DISCHARGE PERMIT.

(A) IN GENERAL.

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE
DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A DISCHARGE PERMIT IF THE DEPARTMENT
FINDS THAT THE DISCHARGE MEETS:

(1) ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS AND EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS; AND