§ 5-503. Reservoir, dam and waterway obstruction permits
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironmentEffective: October 1, 2018
Effective: October 1, 2018
MD Code, Environment, § 5-503
§ 5-503. Reservoir, dam and waterway obstruction permits
(a)(1) A person shall obtain, on written application to the Department, a permit from the Department to:
(2)(i) If by March 1, 1982 a flood management plan for Jones Falls is not prepared and approved and implementation begun under § 5-803 of this title, the Department shall adopt regulations limiting construction, reconstruction, or changes in the course, current, or cross section of the channel and floodplain of the Jones Falls in the Patapsco River watershed until such time as a flood management plan for Jones Falls is prepared, approved, and implemented under Subtitle 8 of this title.
2. If use of the Pennington Avenue sanitary landfill site in Baltimore City as a sanitary landfill is terminated by the end of May 1, 1981, to any construction, reconstruction, development, or use of those properties in Baltimore City comprising and known as the Woodberry Quarry sanitary landfill site.
(3) Due to variances in floodplain measurements, a new residential permit for construction in the Jones Falls floodplain within 25 feet adjacent to the floodplain may not be approved or issued until the flood management plan for the Jones Falls is prepared, approved, and implemented under Subtitle 8 of this title.
(b)(1) A person is exempt from the requirement of obtaining a permit from the Department if:
(c)(1) The Department, by regulation, may designate interjurisdictional watersheds in which any impoundment proposal is subject to review and approval by the Department for standards relating to safety and flood control.
(d) The provisions of this section do not restrict or limit the Department's jurisdiction over waste treatment structures, including dams, impoundments, ponds, and lagoons or limit the applicability of any other laws administered by the Department.
(e) Agricultural drainage systems, for the purpose of lowering the level of water in the soil, with a total drainage area of 2,500 acres or less are exempt from the requirement of obtaining a permit from the Department, except that drainage systems financed or managed by a public drainage association are exempt from this requirement only if plans for construction, operation, and maintenance have been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture under § 8-603 of the Agriculture Article.
(f) The periodic maintenance of agricultural drainage systems constructed under the auspices of a public drainage or watershed association is exempt from the requirement of obtaining a permit from the Department if:
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1. Amended by Acts 1981, c. 675; Acts 1982, c. 17, § 7; Acts 1982, c. 909; Acts 1983, c. 170; Acts 1984, c. 793; Acts 1987, c. 306, § 3; Acts 1988, c. 6, § 1; Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2; Acts 1991, c. 55, § 1; Acts 1992, c. 75. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 8-803 and amended by Acts 1995, c. 488, §§ 1, 8, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1996, c. 234, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Acts 2018, c. 63, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.
Formerly Art. 96A, § 12.
MD Code, Environment, § 5-503, MD ENVIR § 5-503
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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