Section 16-302 - Regulations governing dredging and filling. - Maryland Statutes

§ 16-302. Regulations governing dredging and filling.
 

(a)  Secretary to promulgate.- To promote the public safety, health, welfare, wildlife, and marine fisheries, the Secretary may adopt regulations governing dredging, filling, removing, or otherwise altering or polluting private wetlands. The regulations may vary as to specific tracts of wetlands because of the character of the wetlands. 

(b)  Regulations adopted with advice and consent of Maryland Agricultural Commission.- The regulations shall be adopted with the advice and consent of the Maryland Agricultural Commission, and in consultation with any appropriate unit in the affected political subdivision. 

(c)  Maryland Agricultural Commission to act upon proposed regulations.- The Secretary shall transmit a copy of any proposed regulations to the Maryland Agricultural Commission. Within 60 days from the receipt of the copy, the Maryland Agricultural Commission shall inform the Secretary of the Commission's decision as to the acceptance or rejection of the regulations. Failure to so inform the Secretary shall be considered approval of the regulations by the Commission. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 66C, § 722; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1990, ch. 6, § 2; 1995, ch. 488, § 3.]