Ch. 488

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(c) The results and recommendations shall be open for public inspection and shall
be presented by the [Secretary or his designee] SECRETARIES OR THEIR DESIGNEES at
the hearing the Commission holds as required by the Public Service Commission Law.
Within 15 days from the conclusion of the hearing, and based on the evidence there
presented, the [Secretary] SECRETARIES JOINTLY shall present [his] THEIR final
recommendation to the chairman of the Commission including, but not limited to, any
specific conclusions as to any private wetlands involved and any specific conclusions as to
any water use or restriction of water use involved.

Title 8. [Water and Water Resources] WATERS.

Subtitle 1. In General.
8-101.

(a)     In this title, the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     ["Administration" means Water Resources Administration.

(c)     "Appropriate county governing body" means the county commissioners of any
nonchartered county or the county council of any chartered county in which a portion of
the watershed is located.

(d)] "County" includes Baltimore City unless otherwise indicated.

[(e)] (C) "Department" means Department of Natural Resources.

[(f) "Director" means Director of the Water Resources Administration.

(g)] (D) "Person" includes the federal government, the State, any county,
municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State, or any of their units, or
an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or
representative of any kind, or any partnership, firm, association, public or private
corporation, or any other entity.

[(h)](E) (1) "Pollution" means every contamination or other alteration of the
physical, chemical, or biological properties, of any waters of the State.

(2) "Pollution" includes change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or
odor of the waters of the State or the discharge or deposit of any organic matter, harmful
organism, or liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substance into any waters of the
State as will render the waters of the State harmful, detrimental, or injurious to public
health, safety, or welfare, domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational,
other legitimate beneficial uses, or livestock, wild animals, birds, fish, or. other aquatic
life.                                                                                                                 

[(i)] (F) "Secretary" means Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources.

[(j)] (G) "Waters of the State" includes:

(1) Both surface and underground waters within the boundaries of the State
subject to its jurisdiction;

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