WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 478

CHAPTER 478
(Senate Bill 325)

AN ACT concerning

Environment - Marinas - Pump-Out and Waste Reception Facilities

FOR the purpose of altering the prohibition on the construction of certain new marinas
or additional slips at existing marinas unless there are certain wastewater collection
and treatment systems and pump-out stations by eliminating a certain exemption
and limiting the prohibition to marinas capable of berthing vessels of a certain size;
requiring all marinas that berth any vessel that is over a certain size to have certain
pump-out and waste reception facilities by certain dates, depending on the size of
the marina; authorizing certain postponements under certain circumstances;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to requiring pump-out and waste
reception facilities at marinas in the State.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 9-333

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

9-333.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2)      "PUMP-OUT FACILITY" MEANS A FACILITY THAT PUMPS OR
RECEIVES HUMAN BODY WASTES OUT OF TYPE III MARINE SANITATION DEVICES
(HOLDING TANKS) ON VESSELS.

(3)      (I) "WASTE RECEPTION FACILITY" MEANS A FACILITY
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO RECEIVE WASTES FROM PORTABLE TOILETS CARRIED
ON VESSELS.

(II) "WASTE RECEPTION FACILITY" DOES NOT INCLUDE A REST
ROOM FACILITY.

[(a)] (B) This section applies to any public or private marina that is located on the
navigable waters of the State.

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