Ch. 679                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-741                                                                                                              

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

8-741.

(A)     (1) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS
HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.                                       

(2)      (I) "MARINE SANITATION DEVICE" MEANS ANY EQUIPMENT ON
BOARD A VESSEL WHICH IS DESIGNED TO' RECEIVE, RETAIN, TREAT OR DISCHARGE
SEWAGE AND ANY PROCESS TO TREAT SEWAGE ON BOARD;

(II) "MARINE SANITATION DEVICE" INCLUDES:

1.        TYPE I MARINE SANITATION DEVICE, WHICH PRODUCES
AN EFFLUENT HAVING A FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA COUNT NOT GREATER THAN
1,000 PER 100 MILLILITERS AND NO VISIBLE FLOATING SOLIDS;.

2.        TYPE II MARINE SANITATION DEVICE, WHICH PRODUCES
AN EFFLUENT HAVING A FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA COUNT NOT GREATER THAN
200 PER 100 MILLILITERS AND SUSPENDED SOLIDS NOT GREATER THAN 150
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER; AND                                                                           

3. TYPE III MARINE SANITATION DEVICE, WHICH IS
CERTIFIED TO A NO-DISCHARGE STANDARD, INCLUDING RECIRCULATING AND
INCINERATING MARINE SANITATION DEVICES AND HOLDING TANKS.

(3)      "SEWAGE" MEANS:

(I) HUMAN BODY WASTES; AND

(II) THE WASTES FROM TOILETS AND OTHER RECEPTACLES
INTENDED TO RETAIN BODY WASTE.

(4)      "Y VALVE" MEANS A DEVICE CAPABLE OF DIVERTING THE FLOW OF
MARINE SEWAGE SO THAT A VESSEL'S MARINE SANITATION DEVICE IS BYPASSED
AND RAW SEWAGE IS DISCHARGED DIRECTLY INTO THE WATER.

(B)     THE FOLLOWING VESSELS EQUIPPED WITH AN INSTALLED TOILET SHALL
BE EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERABLE MARINE SANITATION DEVICE:

(1) A VESSEL 65 FEET IN LENGTH AND UNDER SHALL HAVE A TYPE I, II,
OR III MARINE SANITATION DEVICE; OR

(2) A VESSEL OVER 65 FEET IN LENGTH SHALL HAVE A TYPE II OR III
MARINE SANITATION DEVICE.                                                                                         

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