Ch. 641

LAWS OF MARYLAND

THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS, SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 10,
SUBTITLE 1 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE TO IMPLEMENT THE
PROCEDURES OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR SHORE
EROSION CONTROL CAPITAL AND LOAN PROJECTS UNDER §§ 8-1005,
8-1006, AND 8-1007 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

8-1105.1.

(b) (1) 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,
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, 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.                                           

(2) THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS
(2) THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, THE
SECRETARY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE
PLANNING, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, SHALL
JOINTLY ADOPT REGULATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 1
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION.

9-201.

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