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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 611

Environmental Protection Agency and this State shall be the
responsibility of the local subdivision.

9-329.1.

(a)  This section does not apply to:

(1)  A publicly or privately owned sewage treatment
plant; or

(2)  The discharge of any chlorine or chlorine
products that are present due to their occurrence as a natural
constituent of saline water.

(b)  A person who has a discharge permit may not discharge
chlorine or chlorine products into the Chesapeake Bay or its
tributaries during April and May of any year at a level that is
greater than the chlorine discharge level that is applicable to a
publicly or privately owned sewage treatment plant under § 9-329
of this subtitle.

9-329.2.

(A)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION AND NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1988 A
PERSON MAY NOT DISCHARGE ANY CHLORINE OR CHLORINE PRODUCTS INTO
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY OR ITS TRIBUTARIES IN EXCESS OF A
CONCENTRATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE,
IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,
DETERMINES TO BE THE LOWEST PRACTICABLY ATTAINABLE CONCENTRATION.

(B)  TO DETERMINE THE ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATIONS OF CHLORINE
OR CHLORINE PRODUCTS UNDER THIS SECTION, THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS THAT:

(1)  USE THE BEST PRACTICABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES;
AND

(2)  SET FORTH APPROVED MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES.

(C)  (1) A PERSON MAY APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE FOR AN EXCEPTION UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION.

(2) THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MAY GRANT
AN EXCEPTION UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION TO AN APPLICANT
IF THE APPLICATION SETS FORTH COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES ACCEPTABLE TO
THE DEPARTMENT.

(D) AN OWNER OF A VESSEL THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH A MARINE
SANITATION DEVICE THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF 33 CFR 159 SHALL
AUTOMATICALLY BE EXCEPTED FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A)
OF THIS SECTION.