§ 14-501. Definitions
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MD Code, Environment, § 14-501
§ 14-501. Definitions
(b) “Coastal area” means all that land and water area lying within Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties, the Chesapeake Bay, and lying seaward to the State's territorial jurisdiction.
(c) “Construction” means any clearing, grading, excavation, building or other action that would affect the natural environment of the coastal area, or the commencement of any of these activities. This does not include any activity for the sole purpose of securing biological or geological data or other data for an economic or environmental analysis.
(e) “Facility” means:
(iii) Is designed, constructed and operated as an assembly area for the storage, handling, and transport of supplies whose next and final destination is any oil and/or gas exploration, development, or production-related operation conducted in the territorial sea, contiguous zone or high seas area; or
(f) “Government agencies” means the government of the United States, the State of Maryland, or any other state, their political subdivisions, units, or instrumentalities thereof, and interstate units.
(g) “Person” includes corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals and government agencies.
Credits
Added by Acts 1975, c. 673. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 450; Acts 1978, c. 79; renumbered from Natural Resources § 6-501 and amended by Acts 1995, c. 488, §§ 2, 8, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts, 1997, c. 14, § 1, eff. April 8, 1997.
MD Code, Environment, § 14-501, MD ENVIR § 14-501
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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