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West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironment

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 5. Water Resources (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Appropriation or Use of Waters, Reservoirs, and Dams (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Environment, § 5-508
§ 5-508. Conformity with term, condition, regulation, or restriction on permit or with regulation
In general
(a) Appropriation or use of any waters of the State, construction or beginning construction, making or beginning any change, addition, reconstruction, or repair of any reservoir, dam or waterway obstruction, only shall be in conformity with any term, condition, regulation, or restriction of the Department's permit or with any regulation the Department prescribes concerning any construction, change, addition, or repair.
Heirs, successors, or assigns; recording in accordance with Real Property Article
(b)(1) Any term, condition, regulation, or restriction imposed on an appropriation or use of waters of the State or on a reservoir, dam, waterway obstruction, or change in the course, current, or cross section of any stream, through a permit issued pursuant to this subtitle, shall be binding on the owner of the permitted land or facility at the time the permit is issued and on any heirs, successors, or assigns of the owner's interest in the land or facility.
(2) As a condition of permit issuance or renewal under this subtitle to construct, reconstruct, change, add to, or repair any dam or reservoir, the Department shall require the owner of the permitted land or facility to record, in accordance with §§ 3-102 and 3-103 of the Real Property Article, a memorandum prepared by the Department of the terms, conditions, regulations, or restrictions applicable to that land or facility. The recording shall be at the expense of the landowner.

Credits

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1. Amended by Acts 1984, c. 599; Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 8-808 by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995.
Formerly Art. 96A, § 16.
MD Code, Environment, § 5-508, MD ENVIR § 5-508
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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