PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal The
success of the strategic plan requires the
cooperation of the Department of
Transportation with other agencies of State,
federal, and local government, as well as
environmental organizations, the shipping
industry, and business interests in the
State.

The Maryland Department of Transportation,
in consultation with the Department of the
Environment, the Department of Natural
Resources, the Maryland Environmental
Service, the University of Maryland (College
Park), the Center for Environmental and
Estuarine Studies, and other agencies as
appropriate, shall examine placement
options that are cost-effective, protective of
the natural resources of the Chesapeake
Bay, and sufficient in annual and
cumulative capacity to address the
maintenance and improvement needs of the
Port for at least the next 20 years. The
Department of Transportation shall:

1. submit a report to the General Assembly
by September 1, 1996, for placement of
dredge material from maintenance and
improvement of waterways serving the Port
of Baltimore, including the development of
one or more major artificial islands in the
upper Chesapeake Bay which can be used
for the containment and beneficial use of
clean dredge material;

2. identify two or more sites in the upper
Chesapeake Bay by January J. 1997, for the
development of artificial islands, as
described in paragraph 1 above, with
sufficient capacity to meet the anticipated
needs of the Port for at least 20 years:

3. in the course of identifying those sites, set
the highest priority on reviewing sites for
which preparatory investigation has already
been performed:

4. work with appropriate federal State, and
local governments to expedite the

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