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§ 5-101. Definitions

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironmentEffective: April 8, 2008

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 5. Water Resources (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. In General
Effective: April 8, 2008
MD Code, Environment, § 5-101
§ 5-101. Definitions
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In general
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
Administration
(b) “Administration” means the Water Management Administration.
Appropriate county governing body
(c) “Appropriate county governing body” means the county commissioners of any nonchartered county or the county council of any chartered county in which a portion of the watershed is located.
County
(d) “County” includes Baltimore City unless otherwise indicated.
Department
(e) “Department” means the Department of the Environment.
Director
(f) “Director” means the Director of the Water Management Administration.
Person
(g) “Person” includes the federal government, the State, any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State, or any of their units, or an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, or any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, or any other entity.
Pollution
(h)(1) “Pollution” means every contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any waters of the State.
(2) “Pollution” includes change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or odor of the waters of the State or the discharge or deposit of any organic matter, harmful organism, or liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substance into any waters of the State as will render the waters of the State harmful, detrimental, or injurious to public health, safety, or welfare, domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, other legitimate beneficial uses, or livestock, wild animals, birds or fish or other aquatic life.
Public water system
(i) “Public water system” has the meaning stated in § 9-401 of this article.
Secretary
(j) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Environment.
Water management strategy area
(k) “Water management strategy area” means an area designated by the Department in which a specific water resource problem has been identified and for which the Department has adopted specific water use restrictions or criteria for permit approval in order to protect the water resource or existing water users.
Waters of the State
(l) “Waters of the State” includes:
(1) Both surface and underground waters within the boundaries of the State subject to its jurisdiction;
(2) That portion of the Atlantic Ocean within the boundaries of the State;
(3) The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries;
(4) All ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, public ditches, tax ditches, and public drainage systems within the State, other than those designed and used to collect, convey, or dispose of sanitary sewage; and
(5) The floodplain of free-flowing waters determined by the Department on the basis of the 100-year flood frequency.

Credits

Added by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 8, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2007, c. 365, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2008, c. 36, § 1, eff. April 8, 2008.
MD Code, Environment, § 5-101, MD ENVIR § 5-101
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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