PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 488

(3)     The temporary stay will not adversely affect the public health or safety
or cause significant, imminent environmental harm to land, air, or water resources; and

(4)     The conditions and criteria for granting a temporary stay as provided in
regulations for contested case hearings adopted by the Department have been met.

5-403.

(a)     (1) The Authority consists of 10 members.

(2)     The Secretary [of Natural Resources], the Director of Planning, and
the General Manager of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District are ex officio,
nonvoting members. These ex officio members may designate alternates from among the
senior employees to represent them at meetings of the Authority when they are unable to
attend.

(3)     The governing body of each represented county shall appoint 1 of its
members to serve as a member and 1 to serve as an alternate on the Authority at the
pleasure of the governing body. Each member is a voting member except the member of
the governing body of Garrett County, who is a nonvoting member until that county is
assessed for payments to the Authority under the provisions of § [8-508] 5-408 of this
subtitle.

(4)     The Governor shall appoint 1 voting member to serve at the Governor's
pleasure and be chairman of the Authority.

(b)     A member serves without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary
travel expenses and disbursements incurred performing the member's official duties.

5-503.

(a) (1) A person shall obtain a permit from the Department to construct,
reconstruct, or repair any reservoir, dam, or waterway obstruction, to make, construct, or
permit to be made or constructed any change or addition to any reservoir, dam, or
waterway obstruction, to make or permit to be made any change in, addition to, or repair
of any existing waterway obstruction, or in any manner to change in whole or part the
course, current, or cross section of any stream or body of water within the State, except
tidal waters. The permit is obtained upon written application to the Department.

(2) (i) If by March 1, 1982 a flood management plan for Jones Falls is not
prepared and approved and implementation begun under § [8-9A-03] 5-803 of this title,
the Department shall adopt regulations limiting construction, reconstruction, or changes
in the course, current, or cross section of the channel and floodplain of the Jones Falls in
the Patapsco River watershed until such time as a flood management plan for Jones Falls
is prepared, approved, and implemented under Subtitle [9A] 8 of this title.

(ii) Regulations adopted pursuant to this paragraph may not apply:

1.       To floodproofing of any existing structure; or

2.       If use of the Pennington Avenue sanitary landfill site in
Baltimore City as a sanitary landfill is terminated by the end of May 1, 1981, to any

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