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Maryland Code, Natural Resources § 8-726.1

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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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