§ 3-602. Definitions
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MD Code, Natural Resources, § 3-602
§ 3-602. Definitions
(b) “Adjacent coastal state” means any coastal state which:
(c) “Application” means any application submitted under the federal act for:
(d) “Coastal environment” means the State's navigable waters and the adjacent shorelines. The term includes transitional and intertidal areas, bays, lagoons, salt marshes, estuaries, and beaches and their fish, wildlife and other living resources, and the recreational and scenic values of the lands, waters and resources.
(e) “Deepwater port” means any fixed or floating manmade structure other than a vessel, or any group of structures, located beyond territorial waters of a state and off the coast of the United States and which are used or intended for use as a port or terminal for the loading or unloading and further handling of hydrocarbons and their products for transportation to any state, except as otherwise provided in § 23 of the federal act. A deepwater port is a “new source” for purposes of the federal Clean Air Act1 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.2
(f) “Federal act” means the federal Deepwater Port Act of 1974.3
(g) “Federal Secretary” means the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation.
(h) “Hydrocarbon” means petroleum, crude oil, any substance refined from petroleum or crude oil and natural gas.
Credits
Added by Acts 1977, c. 778, § 1, eff. July 1, 1977.
Footnotes
July 14, 1955, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, codified at 42 U.S.C.A. § 7401 et seq.
June 30, 1948, ch. 758, 62 Stat. 1155, codified at 33 U.S.C.A. § 1251 et seq.
Pub.L. 93-627, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2176, codified at 33 U.S.C.A. § 1501 et seq.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 3-602, MD NAT RES § 3-602
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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