Section 8-726.1 - Throwing certain waste on certain waters of the State. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-726.1. Throwing certain waste on certain waters of the State.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- 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)  Prohibited.- 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)  Penalty.- 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)  Enforcement.- The Natural Resources Police Force shall enforce this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 482, 483; 2002, ch. 26, § 4.]