Section 5-1103 - Redeposit of spoil in Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island chain or in Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment Facility. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-1103. Redeposit of spoil in Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island chain or in Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment Facility.
 

(a)  Restriction on area for redeposit.-  

(1) Except for dredge spoil from local dredging projects initiated by Baltimore County in the waters of Baltimore County, the Department may not approve any contained area for the redeposit of spoil within 5 miles of the Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island chain in Baltimore County. 

(2) A contained area described in paragraph (1) of this subsection may not exceed the approximately 1,100 acre size provided in the projects U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit dated November 22, 1976. 

(3) (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, dredge spoil may not be deposited in the Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment Facility after the first of the following to occur: 

1. The maximum height of dredge spoil deposited in the Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment Facility reaches: 

A. 44 feet above the mean low water mark in the north cell; and 

B. 28 feet above the mean low water mark in the south cell; or 

2. January 1, 2010. 

(ii) New dredge spoil dredged from a channel may not be deposited in the south cell. 

(b)  What spoil may be redeposited.-  

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, only spoil from the excavation or dredging of Baltimore Harbor, its approach channels, and Baltimore County tributary spoil from an approved dredging project in any of the Baltimore County tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay may be redeposited in a contained area described in subsection (a) of this section. 

(2) Only dredge spoil from local dredging projects initiated by Baltimore County in the waters of Baltimore County may be redeposited in any additional contained area for the redeposit of spoil authorized under subsection (a)(1) of this section. 
 

[1981, ch. 587; 1989, ch. 793; 1990, ch. 6, § 2; 1995, ch. 488, § 1; 1997, chs. 573, 574.]