Section 4-310 – Procedure for Erosion and Sedimentation Control for Severn River Watershed
When any stripping, grading, excavating, or filling is done, the soil conservation district first shall approve the proposed earth change before a grading permit is issued. Stripping, grading, and constructing shall be done in accordance with the recommendations of the soil conservation district to control erosion and siltation. The Department of the Environment shall cooperate […]
Section 4-311 – Riparian Right to Use Water for Agriculture Not Lost When Land Taken by Condemnation in Severn River Watershed
Any person who has the riparian right to use water in the Severn River Watershed for agricultural purposes may not lose this right because the State or local government or any of their units condemns the person’s land.
Section 4-312 – Notice of Lien Created Under Subtitle in Favor of County or Governmental Unit
(a) Any lien created in favor of a county or governmental unit pursuant to this subtitle is effective against the person against whose property the lien exists. However, the lien is not effective against any third party unless written notice of the lien is recorded and indexed in a permanent record maintained in the office of […]
Section 4-313 – Injunctive Relief
Any unit whose approval is required under this subtitle or any interested person may seek an injunction against any person who violates or threatens to violate any provision of this subtitle.
Section 4-313.1 – Penalties for Violations of 4-302.1(b)(1), (C) or (D)
(a) (1) The Department shall impose an administrative civil penalty on a person who owns or operates a sewage treatment plant that is in violation of § 4-302.1(b)(1), (c), or (d) of this subtitle. (2) The person accused of the violation shall have the right to a hearing but may waive that right in writing. (3) The penalty imposed […]
Section 4-314 – Violations and Penalties
Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both for each violation, with costs imposed in the discretion of the court.
Section 4-302 – Legislative Declaration
The General Assembly declares that the Patuxent River and the Severn River are a great natural asset and resource to the State and the counties through which they run. As a result of poorly treated effluent discharged from sewage disposal plants and erosion and silt deposited in the rivers from construction and development on land […]
Section 4-302.1 – Patuxent River Watershed
(a) On or before January 1, 2012, unless a more advanced upgrade or upgrade schedule is required by a State or federal law or regulation, if funding is available from the Bay Restoration Fund, a nonfederal, publicly owned wastewater treatment plant that discharges wastewater into the Patuxent River or any of its tributaries and has a […]
Section 4-303 – Standards for Sewage Treatment Plants
Every person who disposes of or treats sewage in the Watershed shall anticipate the need for advanced waste treatment and removal of nutrients, in providing land and planning construction of sewage treatment plants, so that effluent from sewage treatment plants is sufficiently treated to meet the effluent water quality standard for bacteriological values, dissolved oxygen, […]
Section 4-304 – Sewage Disposal Plan
(a) Any owner or operator of a sewage disposal plant which does not meet the prescribed water quality standards, within 180 days’ notice of failure to meet these standards, shall submit an improved sewage disposal plan to the Department of the Environment for approval. The Department of the Environment, within ten days, shall refer copies of […]