HARRY HUGHES, Governor

605

FOR the purpose of clarifying the authority of the Department to
prevent, control, and abate pollution of the waters of the
State by oil or sediment; repealing certain powers and
duties of the Department of Natural Resources which have
been transferred to the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene; prohibiting the discharge of oil in any manner into
the waters of the State except under certain conditions;
prohibiting the discharge of sediment into the waters of the
State except under certain conditions; and generally
relating to regulation, abatement, control, and prevention
of pollution of the waters of the State by oil or sediment.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1405(a) and 8-1410(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1413

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-1405.

(a) For the purposes of this subtitle, the Department
shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties:

(1)  General supervision over the administration and
enforcement of this subtitle and all rules, regulations, and
orders promulgated pursuant to it;

(2)  Develop comprehensive programs and plans for
prevention, control, and abatement of pollution of the waters of
the State BY OIL OR SEDIMENT;

(3)  Advise, consult, and cooperate with other units
of the State, the federal government, other state and interstate
agencies, affected groups, political subdivisions, and industries
to further the purposes of this subtitle;

(4)  Accept and administer loans and grants from the
federal government and other sources, public or private, to carry
out any of its functions;