WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 305

14-103. 5-903.

THIS TITLE SUBTITLE DOES NOT INFRINGE ON INTERSTATE
COMMERCE, AND OUT-OF-STATE VESSELS THAT HAVE AN ANTIFOULING PAINT
CONTAINING A TRIBUTYLTIN COMPOUND IN EXCESS OF AN ACCEPTABLE
RELEASE RATE MAY TRAVEL AND DOCK IN STATE WATERS.

14-104. 5-904.

THE SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15,
1987 TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SUBTITLE.

14-105. 5-905.

(A)  THE DEPARTMENT MAY SEIZE ANY ANTIFOULING PAINT OR ANY
SUBSTANCE DESCRIBED IN § 5-902(A)(2) OF THIS SUBTITLE THAT IS
HELD FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION, USED, OR POSSESSED IN VIOLATION OF
THIS TITLE SUBTITLE.

(B)  ANY ANTIFOULING PAINT OR ANY SUBSTANCE DESCRIBED IN §
5-902(A)(2) OF THIS SUBTITLE SEIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THIS
SECTION IS DEEMED FORFEITED TO THE STATE.

14-106. 5-906.

A PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE SUBTITLE
IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE
NOT EXCEEDING $2,500.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - Environmental

SUBTITLE 5. PART VII. ANTIFOULING PAINTS

11-501. 9-352 9-321.1.

(A)  THE DEFINITIONS IN § 14-101 § 5-901 OF THE AGRICULTURE
ARTICLE APPLY IN THIS SUBTITLE SECTION.

(B)  ALSO, IN THIS SUBTITLE, "WATER QUALITY STANDARD" HAS
THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN COMAR 10.50.01.

11-502.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL:

(1) DEVELOP BY DECEMBER 1, 1987 1988 A WATER QUALITY
STANDARD FOR THE CONCENTRATION OF TRIBUTYLTIN IN THE WATERS OF
THE STATE THAT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE PROTECTION OF AQUATIC LIFE;
AND

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