§ 8-101. Definitions
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MD Code, Natural Resources, § 8-101
§ 8-101. Definitions
(d) “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.
(e)(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, fish, or other aquatic life.
(g) “Waters of the State” includes:
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Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1976 c. 185; Acts 1976 c. 351; Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2; Acts 1991, c. 50, §§ 1, 3; Acts 1991, c. 55, § 1; Acts 1995, c. 488, § 8, eff. July 1, 1995.
Formerly Art. 66C, § 411; Art. 96A, §§ 2, 24, 48.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 8-101, MD NAT RES § 8-101
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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