Md. Code, Natural Resources § 8-726.1
This is the official text of Md. Code, Natural Resources § 8-726.1, part of Maryland’s Code, Natural Resources — governs parks, wildlife, and natural resource management.
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§8–726.
Official statutory text
§8–726.1.
(a) This section does not:
(1) Apply to the improvement of harbors; or
(2) Affect any act of the General Assembly relating to the construction of a wharf or to the rights of a riparian owner.
(b) Ballast, ashes, filth, earth, oysters, or oyster shells may not be deposited from a vessel to a site:
(1) In the Chesapeake Bay above Sandy Point;
(2) In Herring Bay; or
(3) Below the high water mark in a river, creek, or harbor in the State.
(c) A person in command or having charge of a vessel that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $20 and not exceeding $150.
(d) The Natural Resources Police Force shall enforce this section.
(a) This section does not:
(1) Apply to the improvement of harbors; or
(2) Affect any act of the General Assembly relating to the construction of a wharf or to the rights of a riparian owner.
(b) Ballast, ashes, filth, earth, oysters, or oyster shells may not be deposited from a vessel to a site:
(1) In the Chesapeake Bay above Sandy Point;
(2) In Herring Bay; or
(3) Below the high water mark in a river, creek, or harbor in the State.
(c) A person in command or having charge of a vessel that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $20 and not exceeding $150.
(d) The Natural Resources Police Force shall enforce this section.
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