Ch. 306                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND

(5) The Department shall promulgate rules and
regulations, establish audit procedures for the audit of
licensees, and prescribe and publish forms as may be necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this section.

(d)  As a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of
a license, the Department shall require satisfactory evidence
that the applicant has implemented or is in the process of
implementing State and federal plans and regulations to control
pollution related to oil, petroleum products, and their
by-products and the abatement thereof when a discharge occurs.

(e)  Any person who violates subsection (b) or (c) of this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in a court
of competent jurisdiction is subject to a fine riot exceeding
$10,000 plus any accrued but unpaid licensee fees.

(f)  There is a Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up
and Contingency Fund for the Department to use to develop
equipment, personnel, and plans; for contingency actions to
respond to, contain, clean-up, and remove from the land and
waters of the State discharges of oil, petroleum products, and
their by-products into, upon, or adjacent to the waters of the
State; and restore natural resources damaged by discharges. The
cost of containment, clean-up, removal, and restoration shall be
reimbursed to the State by the person responsible for the
discharge. The reimbursement shall be. credited to the Fund. The
Fund shall be limited in accordance with the limits set forth in
this section. To this sum shall be credited every license fee,
fine, if imposed by the circuit court for any county, and any
other charge related to this subtitle. To this Fund shall be
charged every expense the Department of [Natural Resources] THE
ENVIRONMENT has which relates to this section.

(g)  Money in the Fund not needed currently to meet the
Department of [Natural Resources'] THE ENVIRONMENT'S obligations
in the exercise of its responsibility under this section shall be
deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Fund, and
may be invested as provided by law. Interest received on the
investment shall be credited to the Fund. The Secretary of
[Natural Resources] THE ENVIRONMENT shall determine the proper
allocation of the moneys credited to the Fund only for the
following purposes:

(1)  Administrative expenses, personnel expenses, and
equipment costs of the Department related to the purposes of this
section.                                                       

(2)  Prevention, control, containment, clean-up, and
removal of discharges into, upon, or adjacent to waters of the
State of discharges of oil, petroleum products and their
by-products, and the restoration of natural resources damaged by
such discharges.

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