WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 6

[(b) (1)] (A) 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 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 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.

[(2)] (B) The Secretary of the Environment, 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] SECTION.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic errors in § 8-1102 of the Natural
Resources Article.

Occurred: Ch. 306, Acts of 1987.

8-1401.

(f) (1) Except as provided under [§ 8-1413.2 of this title]
TITLE 7, SUBTITLE 2 OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE or any other
provisions of law, after January 1, 1979, a person may not

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