Section 5-1202 – Association Established; Composition
(a) There is a Herring Run Public Watershed Association. (b) The Association is composed of: (1) The State; (2) Baltimore City; and (3) Baltimore County.
Section 5-1203 – Commission — Established; Composition; Advisory Committee
(a) There is a Herring Run Public Watershed Association Commission. (b) The Commission is composed of: (1) The Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary’s designee; (2) The Secretary of the Environment or the Secretary’s designee; (3) The Secretary of Planning or the Secretary’s designee; (4) 2 members from Baltimore City selected by the Mayor of Baltimore City; (5) 2 members from […]
Section 5-1204 – Commission — Chairman; Meetings; Quorum; Voting
(a) The chairman of the Commission shall be selected from the members of the county and city by a majority vote of the entire Commission. (b) (1) The members shall meet at the chairman’s request at least annually or any time at the request of a quorum of members of the county or city. (2) A quorum consists of […]
Section 5-1205 – Commission — Duties
(a) With respect to water quality, the Commission shall advise and make recommendations in accordance with the Baltimore metropolitan water quality management plan, as prepared and adopted in accordance with 33 U.S.C. § 1288 (Section 2 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1972). (b) With respect to flood hazard areas and watershed management as […]
Section 5-1206 – Commission — Funding; Staffing
Funding and staffing of the Commission may be apportioned among the county, city, and State agencies as recommended by the Commission and as provided in their respective budgets.
Section 5-1301 – Penalty and Fines
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, unless another penalty is specifically provided elsewhere in this title, the person is subject to a fine not exceeding $500, with costs imposed in the discretion of the court. Every fine and cost […]
Section 5-808 – Funding
Engineering, technical, and administrative services required to implement the provisions of this subtitle shall be funded as provided in the State budget.
Section 5-1101 – Definitions; Legislative Declaration
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (1) “Baltimore County tributary dredged material” means earth, rock, soil, waste matter, muck, or other materials excavated or dredged from an approved dredging project in any of the Baltimore County tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. (2) “Baltimore Harbor” means the waterway which consists of the tidal portions […]
Section 5-809 – Citation of Subtitle
This subtitle may be cited as the Flood Hazard Management Act of 1976.
Section 5-902 – Legislative Findings and Intent; Goal of Statewide Program
(a) The General Assembly finds that nontidal wetlands play important roles in the preservation and protection of the Chesapeake Bay and other waters of the State. Nontidal wetlands serve important roles through the reduction of pollutant loadings, including excess nutrients, sediment, and toxics, the attenuation of floodwaters and stormwaters, shoreline stabilization and erosion control, waterfowl breeding […]