Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 5-101
Terms Used In Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 5-101
- Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See - Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) “Administration” means the Water Management Administration.
(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.
(d) “County” includes Baltimore City unless otherwise indicated.
(e) “Department” means the Department of the Environment.
(f) “Director” means the Director of the Water Management Administration.
(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.
(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.
(i) “Public water system” has the meaning stated in § 9-401 of this article.
(j) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Environment.
(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.
(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.