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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 177
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the Environment to convene a certain work group and requiring the Department
to submit a certain report on or before a certain date; deleting certain obsolete
provisions; making certain conforming changes; and generally relating to the
Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and the
Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 4-411(a) and (b) and 4-704(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 4-411(c), 4-705, and 4-706(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Environment
4-411.
(a) In this section the following words and phrases have the meanings
indicated.
(1) "Fund" means the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up
and Contingency Fund.
(2) "Transfer" means the offloading or onloading of oil in the State from
or to any commercial vessel, barge, tank truck, tank car, pipeline, or any other means
used for transporting oil.
(3) "Barrel" means any measure of petroleum products or its by-products
which consists of 42.0 U.S. gallons of liquid measure.
(b) A person other than a vessel or barge may not transfer oil in the State
without a license.
(c) (1) A license required under this section shall be secured from the
Department of the Environment subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
section. The fee on any barrel shall be imposed only once, at the point of first transfer
in the State. The license fee shall be:
(i) [Based on a 2 cents per barrel fee for oil transferred in the State
and credited] CREDITED to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and
Contingency Fund AND BASED ON:
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