Ch. 306                  LAWS OF MARYLAND

ADJACENT AREAS, AND RESULTS IN THE IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL
FINANCIAL BURDENS ON THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE.

[8-1105.1.] 8-1102.

(b) For the purposes of maintaining the Atlantic Coast
beaches of the State and the Beach Erosion Control District, the
integrity and continuity of the dunal system and assuring
adequate maintenance thereof, to provide for shore erosion and
sediment control and storm protection, and to minimize structural
interference with the littoral drift of sand and any anchoring
vegetation, any land clearing, construction activity, or the
construction or placement of permanent structures within the
Beach Erosion Control District is prohibited. This prohibition
does not apply to any project or activity approved by the
Department of Natural Resources and the appropriate soil
conservation district specifically for storm control; beach
erosion and sediment control; maintenance projects designed to
benefit the Beach Erosion Control District; and a planned public
utility pipeline carrying treated sewage effluent from a unit not
exceeding 14 million gallons per day, if, in addition to the.
approvals required by all other applicable federal and local
laws and regulations, it is approved by the Board of Public Works
as essential to the public health, safety, and welfare of the
citizens of Worcester County, after having received the
permission of the Secretaries of [Health and Mental Hygiene] THE
ENVIRONMENT, Natural Resources, and State Planning, including a
guarantee that in any contract under this provision a person will
not make any significant permanent environmental disruption to
the area, and the construction area for the purpose of laying a
single pipe with a diameter not exceeding 36 inches is limited to
a single 100 foot wide area perpendicular eastward from the west
crest of the natural dune line on Assateague Island and in Ocean
City and if the Secretaries of [Health and Mental Hygiene] THE
ENVIRONMENT, Natural Resources, and State Planning find that
there is no economically and environmentally feasible alternative
and that there is insufficient capacity at the existing Ocean
City wastewater treatment facility and discharge pipe.

8-1203.

Every person who disposes of or treats sewage in the
Watershed shall anticipate the need for advanced waste treatment
and removal of nutrients, in providing land and planning
construction of sewage treatment plants, so that effluent from
sewage treatment plants is sufficiently treated to meet the
effluent water quality standard for bacteriological values,
dissolved oxygen, pH, and temperature conditions defined by the
Secretary of [Health and Mental Hygiene] THE ENVIRONMENT. Every
future sewage treatment plant located within the Watershed shall
be constructed to conform with these standards.                           

8-1606.

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