Maryland Natural Resources Section 8-726.1

      (a)      This section does not:

            (1)      Apply to the improvement of harbors; or

            (2)      Affect any act of the General Assembly relating to the construction of a wharf or to the rights of a riparian owner.

      (b)      Ballast, ashes, filth, earth, oysters, or oyster shells may not be deposited from a vessel to a site:

            (1)      In the Chesapeake Bay above Sandy Point;

            (2)      In Herring Bay; or

            (3)      Below the high water mark in a river, creek, or harbor in the State.

      (c)      A person in command or having charge of a vessel that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $20 and not exceeding $150.

      (d)      The Natural Resources Police Force shall enforce this section.